Flask Web App Packaging

• Flask API
• Waitress

This project is a Flask-based web application packaged for production and served with Waitress.

File Structure

• app/: Directory containing the Flask application code.
  • __init__.py: Initializes the Flask app
  • main.py: App init file
• pyproject.toml: Configuration file
• MANIFEST.in: Track additional files
• README.md: Project details.

Features

• Packaging: Perform packaging of the application and generate a build file (.whl)
• Waitress: Serve the web application using the build file

Prerequisites

• Python >=3.10.7

Build the project

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/dpralay07/python-flask-web-app-packaging.git
cd python-flask-web-app-packaging

Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Build

python -m build

This will build the application and generate a build file (.whl) inside the dist/ directory.

Install and run the application

Install build

Copy the "flask_app_packaging-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl" file from the dist/ directory and move to the deployment directory.

Install the build with the following command:

pip install flask_app_packaging-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl

Serve the application

Execute the following command:

waitress-serve --port=80 app.main:app

The Flask API will be available at http://<your_ip_address>:80

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request to improve this project.

Contact

For any questions or feedback, please contact [email protected].