1.Python 2.6 or higher is usually required for installation for Flask on windows.
The following command installs Virtual Environment on windows:
1. pip install virtualenv.
2.The virtual Environment will get installed in the path C:/pythonX/scripts path.Here X is the version name of Python.
3.Once installed, new virtual environment is created in a following folder as mentioned below.
mkdir newproj
cd newproj
virtualenv venv
4.On Windows, following can be used:
1.venv\scripts\activate
(OR)
On Linux/OS X, use the following:
1.sudo apt-get install virtualenv
5. We are now ready to install Flask in this environment.To install flask following command can be used:
1. pip install Flask
6.To configure flask code in cross origin request,follow the command specified below:
1.pip install -U flask-cors
1.Running on windows Command Prompt:
1.Open Command Prompt and go to the directory where the file is located Eg:E:\python.
2.Type: python filename.py and Press Enter key:
1. If you get the error stating that "python is not recognized as internal or external command"
then do the following:
1.1 Go to properties of This Pc--->Go to Advanced System Settings--->Go to Environmental variables--->
Select Path where you want to add the path and Edit-->Type then type the semicolon ";" at the end
and copy the path of the python application and give ok.
Eg:C:\Users\sandya\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36.
2.Incase,if you didn't get any error then the command prompt will display the following lines:
2.1 Restarting with stat
Debugger is active!
Debugger PIN: 264-240-688
Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit).
3.Then go to the local host "http://127.0.0.1:5000/" in your browser.To see the output add the extensions specified in the code.
4.To Run app.py in windows command prompt follow the steps,
4.1 For Inputing the SECRET_API_KEY and PUBLISHABLE_API_KEY(necessary for performing subscription):
4.1.1.set SECRET_API__KEY="your secret API KEY"(should not give within the double quotes),
4.1.2.set PUBLISHABLE_API_KEY="your publishable API KEY"(should not give within the double quotes)
4.2. After entering API keys Run app.py command is:
4.2.1.python app.py
4.3. Then go to the server http://127.0.0.1:5000/ and specify the path:
1.@app.route('/')---->http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (gives the customer list as json data).
2.@app.route('/cusid')--->http://127.0.0.1:5000/customerid (lists only th customer id as json data).
3.@app.route('/plan')---->http://127.0.0.1:5000/plan (lists the subscription plan).
4.@app.route('/subscribe')--->http://127.0.0.1:5000/subscribe(takes the customer id from customer list and makes the subscription for each customer).
5.@app.route('/listsub')---->http://127.0.0.1:5000/listsub(It will list the subscription list for each customer)
6.@app.route('/subscribe')---->http://127.0.0.1:5000/subscribe(It will create the subscription for each customer with only one plan)
7.@app.route('/multiple_subscription')---->http://127.0.0.1:5000/multiple_subscription(It will create the multiple subscription for each customer with different plan per subscription)
8.@app.route('/multiple_plans')---->http://127.0.0.1:5000/multiple_plan(It will create the one subscription for each customer with multiple plan)
9.@app.route(/'list_subid')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/list_subid(For the selected customer id this function will list the subscription id's)
10.@app.route(/'cancel_id')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/cancel_id(From the list of available subscription id's If the user selects the desired subscription id which he/she wants to cancel the plan,that subscription id will be cancelled for the selcted sub id from the selected customer).
11.@app.route(/'update_id')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/update_id(If the user wants to make the updation for particualar subscription id from the available subscription id's they can make update using this function).
12.@app.route(/'create_product')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/create_product(Product name Eg:T-shirt will be provided as user input and this function will create the product with the attributes(size,color,gender))
13.@app.route(/'list_product')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/list_product(It will return the list of products which is created as json data)
14.@app.route(/'retrieve_product')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/retrieve_product(From the list product function it will retrieve only the product id's).
15.@app.route(/'check_pid')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/check_pid(From the retrieved product id's it will check whether the selected product id is available in the list if it true it will return that product id as json data)
16.@app.route(/'delete_product')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/delete_product(It will deleted the selected product id from the list)
17.@app.route(/'create_sku')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/create_sku(As mentioned in point 12: for providing values for the attribute(size,gender,color) create_sku function willl perform that.It will get those values as user_input and after creation it will list the json data which contains sku_id)
18.@app.route(/'list_sku')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/list_sku(IT will provide the detailed description of sku's created which is returned as json data).
19.@app.route(/'retrieve_sku')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/retrieve_sku(It will retrieve only the sku_id's for the selected product from list_sku)
20.@app.route(/'delete_sku')----->http://127.0.0.1:5000/delete_sku(It wil delete the sku's)