Build up Python + Flask projets

You can use Blink Build to run your Flask project in an isolated development environment, that you can easily launch from your iPhone or iPad. Python 3 is supported in the default Hacker Tools container, so we can get started in no time:

blink> build mosh

Create and go to the hello project folder:

root ➜ ~ $ mkdir hello
root ➜ ~ $ cd hello

Create and activate a virtual environment:

root ➜ ~/hello $ python -m venv venv
root ➜ ~/hello $ source venv/bin/activate

Last step is installing Flask itself:

root ➜ ~/hello $ pip install flask

Developing

Create in VIM*(or your favorite)* editor app.py, and add:

from flask import Flask
 
app = Flask(__name__)
 
@app.route("/")
def hello_world():
    return "<p>Hello, World!</p>"

Now run your development server:

flask run --host=0.0.0.0

We use host 0.0.0.0 so the server is exposed to the Build container, but not to the outside world.

Opening Ports

Blink Build can transparently expose the ports on the remote container inside your local device. In this case, we want to access the Flask server running on port 5000, in our localhost on port 5001:

build ports add htools 5000 5001

Now you can access your project from http://localhost:5001!

👍 Blink Build exposes ports securely over a Wireguard interface.

Comments

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