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Study-question generator: CORS blocks my Flask API

Stuck point

my Flask + AI backend answers curl perfectly, but the browser blocks every request with a CORS error even after I added flask-cors. also my API key is still in the frontend.

for real, it's

52%−18

progress status — how done is it, really?

User thinks it's70% complete

AI diagnosis52% complete

that 18-pt gap is probably exactly where the last step is hiding.

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What I need help with

fix CORS properly + move the API key behind the backend.

Your first move

Move the AI call into your Flask backend, add flask-cors to that route, and have the frontend hit your backend — this fixes CORS and hides your API key at once.

the road everyone walks

every shipped app walked this exact road. being stuck partway isn't failing, it's the middle of the climb — and the AI read (52%) puts this project roughly here.

runs on your machine

code backed up

live on the internet

roughly herepeople can sign in

the core feature works

real people use it

next stop: the core feature works · the thing it's actually for — where most stall.

want YOUR whole road plotted. every step, tool & why? plan your build

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Project story›

What's already working

the AI generation works great when I hit it with curl.

The goal

a study tool that generates questions from my notes, safely.