Flask Blog python3 demo app

Installing python3 just in case

Install Python3 on mac

Clone the repository

cd ~ 
git clone https://github.com/RELATO/flaskblog.git
cd flaskblog

Installing the dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Developing on macos and mysql client

You need to run the command below to install mysqlclient

env LDFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include -L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib" pip3 install mysqlclient

and after run

pip3 install configparser
pip3 install mysql-python

Generating the SECRET_KEY

python3
>>> import secrets
>>> print("Generate a secure hexadecimal token", secrets.token_hex(32))

You should see a message like the this

Generate a secure hexadecimal token 7865b88579dd1f82b36ec479b9b269c63c59a0a166f3f293c9ddb93b1f08ccc6

Creating the mysql database

In your mysql use the command below to create database

CREATE DATABASE flaskblog;

Replace the statement below with your [dbuser] and [userpassword] before executing it

export SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI='mysql+mysqldb://[dbuser]:[userpassword]@localhost/flaskblog'

python3 dbcreate.py

Running the app

Replace the statement below with your [dbuser] and [userpassword] before executing it

export SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI='mysql+mysqldb://[dbuser]:[userpassword]@localhost/flaskblog'

export SECRET_KEY=7865b88579dd1f82b36ec479b9b269c63c59a0a166f3f293c9ddb93b1f08ccc6


python3 run.py

Credits and references

Tutorial