This is the code that goes along with the detailed writeup here:
https://medium.com/@rodkey/deploying-a-flask-application-on-aws-a72daba6bb80
It's a simple Flask app that writes and reads from a database. It uses Amazon RDS for the database backend, but you can make things even simpler and use a local DB.
To tool around with the app directly, here's a quickstart guide.
Clone this repo to your local machine. In the top level directory, create a virtual environment:
$ virtualenv flask-aws
$ source flask-aws/bin/activate
Now install the required modules:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
To play with the app right away, you can use a local database. Edit config.py by commenting out the AWS URL and uncomment this line:
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///test.db'
Next run:
$ python db_create.py
And the tables are created. Now you can launch the app:
$ python application.py
And point your browser to http://0.0.0.0:5000
Using the top form, you can write to the database:
Get confirmation:
Using the bottom form, you can see the last 1 to 9 entires of the database in reverse chronological order:
