/Flask-API-With-React-Frontend

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Building Flask API with Docker ⚗️

Python backend using Python3 Flask With Docker

SETUP ⚙️

Set up python venv

python3 -m venv venv
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
.\venv\Scripts\activate

Install Flask

pip3 install python-dotenv
pip3 install flask

BUILD 🏗️

MacOS:

export FLASK_APP=flaskr
export FLASK_ENV=development

Windows:

set FLASK_APP=flaskr
set FLASK_ENV=development

Start Front end

npm start

Start API server via cmd prompt

cd api

python3 -m flask run

OR use npm to start API

npm run start-api

Debug Run

flask --app flaskr --debug run

Non debug run

  flask --app flaskr --no-debugger

DEPLOYMENT 📦

Build Docker Container Image

docker build --tag python-docker .

Validate Image is created

docker images

Result:

(venv) D:\GitHub\Flask-API>docker images
REPOSITORY      TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED          SIZE
python-docker   latest    199cf8a5350c   4 minutes ago    145MB

Run Container with flask

docker run -d -p 5000:5000 python-docker

Result:

(venv) D:\GitHub\Flask-API>docker ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE           COMMAND                  CREATED         STATUS         PORTS                    NAMES
df3f37944e57   python-docker   "flask --app flaskr …"   3 minutes ago   Up 3 minutes   0.0.0.0:5000->5000/tcp   jovial_joliot

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