diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:alpine3.7
+COPY . /app
+WORKDIR /app
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+EXPOSE 5001
+ENTRYPOINT [ "python" ]
+CMD [ "demo.py" ]
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
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+++ b/Jenkinsfile
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+pipeline{ 
+      options {
+    buildDiscarder(logRotator(numToKeepStr: '2', artifactNumToKeepStr: '6'))
+  }
+    agent any
+    environment {
+        DOCKERHUB_REPO = "techcoms/backend-python"
+        GITHUB_URL = "${params.url}"
+        BRANCH = "${params.branch}"
+    
+    }
+    stages{
+        stage("git checkout"){
+            steps{
+                  git branch: "${BRANCH}", credentialsId: 'github-creds', url: "${GITHUB_URL}"
+            }
+        }
+        
+        stage("build docker image"){
+            steps {
+                sh "docker build -t ${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:${BUILD_NUMBER} ."
+            }
+        }
+         stage('run a docker container'){
+             steps{
+                sh "docker run -d -p 8088:5001 ${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:${BUILD_NUMBER}"
+                }
+          }
+        stage("login to dockerhub and push image"){
+            steps { 
+                withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'dockerhub-creds', passwordVariable: 'PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'USERNAME')]) { 
+                    sh "docker login -u $USERNAME -p $PASSWORD "
+                    sh "docker push ${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:${BUILD_NUMBER}"
+  
+                      }
+                  }
+             }  
+          }
+    post{
+        changed{
+            mail to: "techcomsdevops@gmail.com",
+            subject: "jenkins build:${currentBuild.currentResult}: ${env.JOB_NAME}",
+            body: "${currentBuild.currentResult}: Job ${env.JOB_NAME}\nMore Info can be found here: ${env.BUILD_URL}"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d47f7e..20d3fde 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-# backend-python
\ No newline at end of file
+# python-flask-docker-project
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/demo.py b/demo.py
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+++ b/demo.py
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+from flask import Flask
+app = Flask(__name__)
+  
+@app.route('/')
+def hello():
+    return "welcome to the flask tutorials"
+  
+  
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app.run(host ='0.0.0.0', port = 5001, debug = True) 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+flask
+mysql-connector-python
+boto3