[!IMPORTANT]
This template is archived.
UV can now generate a sample project
I recommend using UV to bootstrap your peojects.
Copier is a tools that can bootstrap projects from templates.
Flask Project Template
A full feature Flask project template.
See also
HOW TO USE THIS TEMPLATE
DO NOT FORK this is meant to be used from Use this template feature.
- Click on Use this template
- Give a name to your project
(e.g. my_awesome_project recommendation is to use all lowercase and underscores separation for repo names.)
- Wait until the first run of CI finishes
(Github Actions will process the template and commit to your new repo)
- If you want codecov Reports and Automatic Release to PyPI
On the new repository settings->secrets add your PIPY_API_TOKEN and CODECOV_TOKEN (get the tokens on respective websites)
- Read the file CONTRIBUTING.md
- Then clone your new project and happy coding!
NOTE: WAIT until first CI run on github actions before cloning your new project.
What is included on this template?
- 🍾 A full feature Flask application with CLI, API, Admin interface, web UI and modular configuration.
- 📦 A basic setup.py file to provide installation, packaging and distribution for your project.
Template uses setuptools because it's the de-facto standard for Python packages, you can run make switch-to-poetry later if you want.
- 🤖 A Makefile with the most useful commands to install, test, lint, format and release your project.
- 📃 Documentation structure using mkdocs
- 💬 Auto generation of change log using gitchangelog to keep a HISTORY.md file automatically based on your commit history on every release.
- 🐋 A simple Containerfile to build a container image for your project.
Containerfile is a more open standard for building container images than Dockerfile, you can use buildah or docker with this file.
- 🧪 Testing structure using pytest
- ✅ Code linting using flake8
- 📊 Code coverage reports using codecov
- 🛳️ Automatic release to PyPI using twine and github actions.
- 🎯 Entry points to execute your program using
python -m <project_name> or $ project_name with basic CLI argument parsing.
- 🔄 Continuous integration using Github Actions with jobs to lint, test and release your project on Linux, Mac and Windows environments.
Curious about architectural decisions on this template? read ABOUT_THIS_TEMPLATE.md
If you want to contribute to this template please open an issue or fork and send a PULL REQUEST.
project_name Flask Application
project_description
Installation
From source:
git clone https://github.com/author_name/project_urlname project_name
cd project_name
make install
From pypi:
pip install project_name
Executing
This application has a CLI interface that extends the Flask CLI.
Just run:
$ project_name
or
$ python -m project_name
To see the help message and usage instructions.
First run
project_name create-db # run once
project_name populate-db # run once (optional)
project_name add-user -u admin -p 1234 # ads a user
project_name run
Go to:
Note: You can also use flask run to run the application.