Python Flask Skeleton for Google App Engine

A skeleton for building Python applications on Google App Engine with the Flask micro framework.

Run Locally

1. Install the App Engine Python SDK. See the README file for directions. You'll need python 2.7 and pip 1.4 or later installed too.

2. Clone this repo with

   git clone git@bitbucket.org:aukbit/apollo.git
   

2 Virtual environment

2.1 Create virtual environment

virtualenv ~/.virtualenv/apollo

2.2 Activate virtual environment

source ~/.virtualenv/apollo/bin/activate

2.3 Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install dependencies in the project's lib directory. Note: App Engine can only import libraries from inside your project directory.

   mkdir lib
   pip install -r requirements.txt -t lib
   

4. Run this project locally from the command line:

   bash run_server.sh
   

Visit the application http://localhost:8080

See the development server documentation for options when running dev_appserver.