pawlodkowski / heroku_flask_template

Starter code for getting your movie recommender app up on Heroku

Getting started with Flask and Heroku

Template for deploying a flask app to heroku. Created for the Spiced Data Science Bootcamp.

Original template created by Malte Bonart; this version of the template adapted by Paul Wlodkowski.

• Malte's original template can be found here: https://github.com/bonartm/heroku-flask

Requirements

• free heroku account
• heroku cli installed and set up locally

Instructions

1. clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/pawlodkowski/heroku_flask_template.git
cd heroku_flask_template

2. create a new heroku app

heroku create --region eu <my-app-name>

3. test the app locally

heroku local web

on windows use

heroku local web -f Procfile.windows

4. push code to heroku

git push heroku master

5. open website in browser

heroku open

6. to delete app

heroku apps:destroy <my-app-name>

Further Resources

• Official Python Heroku Tutorial using Django
• Deploying a Dash App (scroll down to the section on Heroku deployment, which is the free alternative to Dash Enterprise).
• The Flask Mega-Tutorial: Deployment on Heroku
  • This is overall an excellent, well-written tutorial on all things Flask related. Miguel Grinberg gives you an extensive, step-by-step guide on building an entire social network / blog website from scratch using Flask + all its extensions. You learn a lot of Full Stack Web Development along the way.