Flask SSE using Redis - IOT sensor data values update in real time on Fronted over POST API HTTP.

Run with Docker

1. Clone this repository.

2. cd in repository.

3. Run with Docker compose - sudo docker-compose up.

4. Watch the app on http://localhost:5000.

5. Using Postman or any tool send POST request with header content-type --> text-plain and send any numerical string, to route /therm/push.

6. To stop the service run, docker-compose down.

Run Manually with python

1. Install Redis, following the redis docs.

2. Clone the repository.

3. Create and Activate python virtual environment.

4. Install requirements pip install requirements.txt.

5. Run Redis command in new terminal, redis-server.

6. Run App, python app.py and wa it on http://localhost:5000.

7. Using Postman or any tool send POST request with header content-type --> text-plain and send any numerical string to route /therm/push. We can send a POST request from a new terminal as well by running, curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -d '{"temperature":56}' http://localhost:5000/therm/push.

8. The value should get updated immediately on frontend without reloading it.

9. To stop the redis-server, press Ctrl+C or if the terminal got closed by mistake Redis would still be running, so run redis-cli shutdown to close it.