Flask-Two

A completely done for you secure Flask 2 Web Application Template that includes user and admin dashboards, email notifications and more.

Setting up

git clone https://github.com/michaelwalkerfl/flask-two.git
cd flask-two
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate (if Windows, use: venv\Scripts\activate.bat

Configure Environment

Create a file named config.env. Do not commit this file to your repository, as it contains secrets.

Add a secret key to this file e.g., FLASK_SECRET_KEY=ThisIsOurTopSecretEncryptionKeyThatOurApplicationUses

Other variables that can be added:

• APP_NAME=Flask-Two
• FLASK_ENV=development
• DEVELOPMENT_DATABASE=sqlite:///development.db
• TEST_DATABASE=sqlite:///test.db
• PRODUCTION_DATABASE=sqlite:///production.db

Dependency Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt

Redis needs to be installed (and turned on)

brew install redis (If Ubuntu/Debian use: apt install redis-server)
brew services start (or restart)

Run application from terminal

FLASK_APP=wsgi.py
flask run --cert=adhoc

Commands

Create database, roles and admin user

These commands can be run from the command line interface to quickly set up a database, roles and an admin user for your Flask application.

flask create-database
flask create-roles
flask create-admin

Tests

Functional and Unit tests can be found in the tests directory.

Run the following command from the root directory.

python -m pytest --cov=webapp

TODO

Add:

• Docker
• CI/CD for automated tests and deployment