Python with email forms, and frontend code in general

[MattH]

Hi guys.

I'm looking to try to teach myself python practically. For example, my goal for tonight is to create an email form through python... or something similar. I was just about to buy a linux hosting package - but I just thought I should ask; is there a way of linking html with python on a frontend level locally which is relatively easy? (I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed with code yet).

[snippsat]

is there a way of linking html with python on a frontend level locally which is relatively easy?

Use Flask it's a minimalist web-framework that's easy use and still powerful to scale from small web-app to large websites.

I was just about to buy a linux hosting package

Take a look at this post,talk a little about Python friendly host like DigitalOcean VPS, Heruko, PythonAnywhere, AWS Lambda.

[MattH]

Hi snippsat, firstly thanks for your scaping tutorials - they've helped me out an awful lot.

Secondly, Flask looks perfect for me right now. I've installed flask which went through perfectly.

Now I try to run in terminal using:

FLASK_APP=hello.py flask run

Which has returned the error:

Error:
Error: The file/path provided (hello.py) does not appear to exist.  Please verify the path is correct.  If app is not on PYTHONPATH, ensure the extension is .py
Matts-MacBook-Pro:~ Matt$ 

I've created and put the code into hello.py as requested by Flask - does it need to be saved somewhere specific. Is that the reason for the error?

Thanks again :-)

[snippsat]

app.py

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def hello():
    return "<h1><center>Hello World!</center></h1>"

if __name__ == '__main__':
   app.run(debug=True)

Now can just run it with python app.py
Example.

E:\1
λ python app.py
 * Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
 * Restarting with stat
 * Debugger is active!
 * Debugger PIN: 184-514-049

Go to localhost address in browser.
Look this post for a minimal setup.

The other way to run with flask run is described here
But the way shown over work fine.

[MattH]

I'm in!



Thanks again.