README.md

Flask Transport UI

This is a Flask learning project with a focus on testing.
The Flask application displays live train schedule information for UK train stations.
Autocomplete of the station name is via an AJAX call back to Flask.
Population of the live schedule information is via a websocket.
The live schedule information is provided by transport api
If you want to run this application with live data you need to sign up for a free application id and key here.
If you just want to see the application run use fake data with the ftu_fake_it env variable.

Setup

The simplest setup method is building and running a docker container.

docker build

docker build . -t ftu

docker run with live data

docker run -p 5000:5000 --env ftu_app_id=<app id> --env ftu_app_key=<app key> ftu

docker run with fake data (no transport credentials required)

docker run -p 5000:5000 --env ftu_fake_it="true" ftu

Or use docker compose

docker-compose up -d

You will then be able to access the application at http://127.0.0.1:5000/

Selenium Setup

To run against a dockerised Chrome you can use a docker network like:

docker network create grid
docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --env ftu_fake_it="true" --network="grid" --name test_server ftu
docker run -d -p 4444:4444 -p 5900:5900 -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm --network="grid" selenium/standalone-chrome-debug

This also allows for a VNC sesssion on port 5900 to watch the tests.