Flask Restful New Project Structure

This repository is structure to start a new flask restful project. Contains enter and mid level project.

This structure is done, but still continues to be developing!

If you want to use this structure. Pay attention to the items below!

• You need Git VCS Download
• You need Python3.0 or newer version.Download
• You need pip package manager for python. If you have python, you already have pip.
• Absolutely you need virtualenv. Virtual Env Doc

If you have pip and you want install virtualenv. Just open terminal and work this script "pip install virtualenv"

If you want to use this structure, To follow this steps.

• Open terminal.
• Work this code git clone https://github.com/Filiphasan/flask_rest_structure.git
• This code clone this structure into your local machine.
• Open this project with VS Code or reletad Editör.
• Create .env file in current directory. Fill the .env file looking at the .env.example file.
• .env file has two attributes. First one is PostgreSQL Connection string. Second one is project secret key.
• Edit Connection string for your local or remote postgresql database connection. Database must be already created.
• Add secret key (string) for jwt symetric security key etc.
• Open terminal and work virtualenv env.
• If succesfully created env folder, work this code for Windows .\env\Scripts\activate and for Linux source env/bin/activate on terminal for activate virtual environment.
• You should seen like this string on your terminal. This is proof of virtual env is working.

(env) PS C:\Users\sa\Desktop\WebApp\Python\Flask\flask-rest-structure>

• You create and active a virtual environment for your project.
• Work this code and install all dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt.
• This code install all dependencies in env/Lib folder. After install finish, you seen all dependencies in env/Lib folder.
• Open terminal and run flask db upgrade and created users table in your db.
• After you ready for work this project.
• Open terminal on project current directory. Run python app.py and seen this.

(env) PS C:\Users\sa\Desktop\WebApp\Python\Flask\flask-rest-structure> python app.py
 * Serving Flask app 'app' (lazy loading)
 * Environment: production
   WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment.
   Use a production WSGI server instead.
 * Debug mode: on
 * Restarting with stat
 * Debugger is active!
 * Debugger PIN: 190-640-651
 * Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

• This project running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ or http://localhost:5000/ both of same.
• http://localhost:5000/api is current url path.
• Swagger doc path is http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/doc, like this.

How To Use Flask Migrate

• If don't have migrations folder. Run flask db init. Created migrations folder.
• Change entity model class or create a new entity class
• Run this code flask db migrate -m "Migration Name"
• This code create new python file in migrations/versions folder.
• Run this code flask db upgrade and your db is update.