Flask Framework Cookbook - Second Edition

How to do it...

Installing a Flask app can be very easily achieved using the setuptools Python library. To achieve this, create a file called setup.py in your application's folder and configure it to run a setup script for the application. This will take care of any dependencies, descriptions, loading test packages, and so on.

The following is an example of a simple setup.py script for the Hello World application:

#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*- import os from setuptools import setup setup( name = 'my_app', version='1.0', license='GNU General Public License v3', author='Shalabh Aggarwal', author_email='[e-mail]', description='Hello world application for Flask', packages=['my_app'], platforms='any', install_requires=[ ...