Flask/Static Pages

This lesson shows how to display static content pages using Flask.

Readings

Add a static folder to Flask.
- Create a folder named static in your Flask application folder.
Add an index.html file to the static folder.
- Create a file named index.html in the static folder.
- Add any standard HTML you'd like to the index.html file, or just add Hello world!
Create or modify the Flask application page.
- Modify main.py or app.py to include the following code:
  import flask
  
  app = flask.Flask(__name__)
  
  @app.route('/')
  def root():
  return app.send_static_file('./index.html')
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
  app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000)
- Run the program.
- Refresh the output window or open a browser window to http://localhost:5000.
- Stop the program.