:floppy_disk: :bow: Example Flask project for implementing Flask-Session with Redis.
Get set up locally in two steps:
Replace the values in .env.example with your values and rename this file to .env:
ENVIRONMENT
: Enable (development
or production
).FLASK_APP
: Entry point of your application; should be wsgi.py
.FLASK_DEBUG
: Toggle debug mode on (True
) or off (False
).SECRET_KEY
: Randomly generated string of characters used to encrypt your app's data.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI
: Connection URI of a SQL database (ie: mysql+pymysql://myuser:[email protected]:1234/mydatabase
)REDIS_URI
: Connection URI of a Redis instance (ie: redis://:[email protected]:1234
)LESS_BIN
(optional for static assets): Path to your local LESS installation via which lessc
.ASSETS_DEBUG
(optional): Debug asset creation and bundling in development
.LESS_RUN_IN_DEBUG
(optional): Debug LESS while in development
.COMPRESSOR_DEBUG
(optional): Debug asset compression while in development
.Remember never to commit secrets saved in .env files to Github.
Get up and running with make deploy
:
git clone https://github.com/hackersandslackers/flask-session-tutorial.git
cd flask-session-tutorial
make deploy
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