Question

I am new to flask and GAE. I am trying to deploy a simple flask app to GAE. I am using https://github.com/kamalgill/flask-appengine-template/ as the template for deploying.

When I run

dev_appserver.py src/

I get the following error –

Debugged import:

- 'application' found in '/home/murtaza/workspace/flask/sim-sim/src/application/__init__.py'.
- 'application.settings' not found.

Below is the code from the application.settings file –

"""
Initialize Flask app

"""

from flask import Flask

app = Flask('application')
app.config.from_object('application.settings')

import urls

What is the utility of application.settings, is it a GAE or flask config file, or a custom file for the above template that can be ignored ?

Any other templates / approaches for deploying flask on GAE? Or sample flask project on GAE?

Answer 1

This is a flask config. Take a look here: http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/config/#configuring-from-files

I haven’t tried this, but it looks like a decent start: https://github.com/kamalgill/flask-appengine-template/

There are also a bunch of other boilerplate templates if you google for it.