silshack / flaskr

Example code for the 'Flaskr' Flask app by Armin Ronacher

Code for the Flaskr blogging platform, an example written with Flask by Armin Ronacher

Instructions

1 - Install Flask

pip install Flask

2 - Install & Run Flaskr

git clone https://github.com/silshack/flaskr.git
cd flaskr
python flaskr.py

3 - Log in

Username: admin Password: default

And/or edit these variables in flaskr.py.

4 - Hackity Hack

In general:

• Edit templates/layout.html to change the way the site's pages look
• Add routes (pages) by editing flaskr.py and adding the appropriate templates
• Edit static/style.css to change the site's styling if desired

In specific:

• Create templates/about.html to be something like this:

{% extends "layout.html" %}
{% block body %}
  <h2>About</h2>
  <p>Here's a little about me</p>
{% endblock %}

• Add a route for your about page in flaskr.py:

@app.route('/about')
def about():
    return render_template('about.html')

• Add a link to your templates/layout.html:

...
  <h1>Flaskr</h1>
  <div class=metanav>
  ## Add this line:
    <a href="{{ url_for('about') }}">about</a>
  {% if not session.logged_in %}
...

Original documentation:

                     / Flaskr /

             a minimal blog application


~ What is Flaskr?

  A sqlite powered thumble blog application

~ How do I use it?

  1. edit the configuration in the flaskr.py file or
     export an FLASKR_SETTINGS environment variable
     pointing to a configuration file.

  2. now you can run the flaskr.py file with your
     python interpreter and the application will
     greet you on http://localhost:5000/

~ Is it tested?

  You betcha.  Run the `flaskr_tests.py` file to see
  the tests pass.