Table of Contents

• 🏃‍♂️ How to Run
• 🚀 Development cycle
• 🌍 How to Deploy
  • 1. Create App Service
  • 2. Deploy from VS Code
  • 3. Add Environment Variables (e.g., for secrets)
• dev logs
• references

How to Run

Set up your local environment to run the application.

Step	Command	Description
1	Create and activate a virtual environment (e.g., via VS Code)	Isolate project dependencies
2	pip install -r requirements.txt	Install dependencies
3	set FLASK_APP=app.py set FLASK_ENV=development	Set Flask environment variables
4	flask run --port=5007	Start the Flask development server

Development cycle

For easier development

Step	Command	Description
1	pip install nbconvert	Install nbconvert utility
2	You Edit .ipynb (Jupyter notebook) files, if any
3	jupyter nbconvert example.ipynb --to python	Convert notebook to Python script

How to Deploy

Deploy on Azure App Service for production.

1. Create App Service

• Use the Azure Portal to create a free App Service for your web app.

2. Deploy from VS Code

Step	Description
VS Code Deployment	Right-click on your resource, select Deploy to Web App…

3. Add Environment Variables (e.g., for secrets)

Step	Command	Description
1	az config set core.enable_broker_on_windows=false	Configure Azure CLI for Windows
2	az login	Authenticate with Azure
3	az webapp config appsettings set --name <AppServiceName> --resource-group <ResourceGroupName> --settings MY_VARIABLE=MyValue	Set env vars for your App Service

Reference: Azure Flask Quickstart

dev logs

• This branch is coming from https://github.com/ProgramIsFun/graphPythonBackend11/tree/master. I basically take one folder of that branch and then make it azure compatible in this branch
• 14/8/25 https://github.com/ProgramIsFun/EonGraph-Backend/commit/37f857deae2675eb9153f7b508015466da0b752a Changed the old library to normal flask

references

• https://github.com/Azure-Samples/msdocs-python-flask-webapp-quickstart