Quickstart

If you encountered error, remove any existing venv folder from the project root before starting.

Windows

• py -3 -m venv venv
• venv\Scripts\activate
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• set FLASK_APP=flask_app.py
• flask init-db
• flask run

Linux/Mac

• python3 -m venv venv
• . venv/bin/activate
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• export FLASK_APP=flask_app.py
• flask init-db
• flask run

CPanel

From the a2hosting article

Installation

• cd <app_dir>
• source ~/virtualenv/webdev-api/3.8/bin/activate
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• export FLASK_APP=flask_app.py
• export LC_ALL=en_US.utf-8
• flask init-db

Update DB

• cd <app_dir>
• source ~/virtualenv/webdev-api/3.8/bin/activate
• export FLASK_APP=flask_app.py
• export LC_ALL=en_US.utf-8
• flask init-db