The basic blog app built in the Flask tutorial.
Be sure to use the same version of the code as the version of the docs you're reading. You probably want the latest tagged version, but the default Git version is the master branch.
# clone the repository git clone https://github.com/pallets/flask cd flask # checkout the correct version git tag # shows the tagged versions git checkout latest-tag-found-above cd examples/tutorial
Create a virtualenv and activate it:
python3 -m venv venv . venv/bin/activate
Or on Windows cmd:
py -3 -m venv venv venv\Scripts\activate.bat
Install Flaskr:
pip install -e .
Or if you are using the master branch, install Flask from source before installing Flaskr:
pip install -e ../.. pip install -e .
export FLASK_APP=flaskr export FLASK_ENV=development flask init-db flask run
Or on Windows cmd:
set FLASK_APP=flaskr set FLASK_ENV=development flask init-db flask run
Open http://127.0.0.1:5000 in a browser.
pip install '.[test]' pytest
Run with coverage report:
coverage run -m pytest coverage report coverage html # open htmlcov/index.html in a browser