Flask-Scaffold 0.5.1

Scaffold Database Applications in MySQL or PostgreSQL with Flask

Flask-Scaffold let's you scaffold a MySQL or PostgreSQL driven Web Application with Flask and Angularjs. It will create views,models and templates for a given Resource along with API endpoints and Unit tests.


Features include

- Python 3 Support
- RESTFUL JSON API
- Unit Testing with python Unit tests
- End 2 End testing with Protractor
- Continous Integration with Travis-CI

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###Installation

Please ensure that development libraries for [PostgreSQL](http://techarena51.com/index.php/flask-sqlalchemy-postgresql-tutorial/) are installed.

####Step 1:Clone the project to your application folder.

git clone [e-mail]:Leo-g/Flask-Scaffold.git YourAppFolderName && cd YourAppFolderName

####Step 2: Install the requirements and add your Database configuration details.

pip install -r requirements.txt

vim config.py
#Fill in your database username, password, name, host etc

#### Step 3 : Declare your Resource and it's fields in a YAML file as follows

For a list of supported fields please see https://github.com/Leo-g/Flask-Scaffold/wiki/Fields

vim scaffold/blog.yaml
posts:
- title:string
- body:text
- author:string
- creation_date:date
- published:boolean
comments:
- author:string
- body:text
- author_url:url
- created_on:date
- approved:boolean
authors:
- name:string
- profile:text
- url:url

#### Step 4 : Run the Scaffolding and database migrations script

python scaffold.py scaffold/blog.yaml
python db.py db init
python db.py db migrate
python db.py db upgrade

#### Step 5 : Run the Server

python run.py

**You should be able to see the web dashboard at http://localhost:5000


To configure your application with nginx and uwsgi configuration see the [wiki](https://github.com/Leo-G/Flask-Scaffold/wiki/Install-and-Configure-Nginx-and-Uwsgi-on-Ubuntu-to-Serve-Flask-and-Angularjs-Applications)
###Tests

####For E2E testing with protractor
Installation instructions for protractor are in the [wiki](https://github.com/Leo-G/Flask-Scaffold/wiki/Headless-Testing-Angularjs-apps-with-Protractor-and-Selenium-on-Ubuntu-14.04)

protractor angularjs/<module_name>/conf.js

####For unit testing with python Unit tests

python app/<module_name>/test_<module_name>.py

####For testing multiple modules
bash tests.bash

###API

API calls can be made to the following URL

Note: This example is for a Post module

| HTTP Method | URL | Results |
| :------------ |:---------------:| -----:|
| GET | http://localhost:5000/api/v1/posts.json | Returns a list of all Posts |
| POST | http://localhost:5000/api/v1/posts.json | Creates a New Post |
| GET | http://localhost:5000/api/v1/posts/1.json | Returns details for the a single Post |
| PATCH | http://localhost:5000/api/v1/posts/1.json | Update a Post |
| DELETE | http://localhost:8001/api/v1/posts/1.json | Delete a Post |


The JSON format follows the spec at jsonapi.org and a sample is available in the sample.json file

For details on how the API is built read http://techarena51.com/index.php/buidling-a-database-driven-restful-json-api-in-python-3-with-flask-flask-restful-and-sqlalchemy/

###Directory Structure
Project-Folder
|-- config.py
|--run.py
|--requirements.txt
|__ /venv
|-- db.py
|__ /scaffold
|-- scaffold.py
|-- tests.bash #Tests for all modules
|__ app/
|-- __init__.py
+-- module-1
|-- __init__.py
|-- models.py
|-- test_module-1.py # Unit Tests for module 1
|-- views.py
  
+-- module-2
|-- __init__.py
|-- models.py
|-- test_module-2.py # Unit Tests for module 2
|-- views.py
|__ templates
|-- index.html
+-- static
|-- js
|-- css
|-- images
+-- module-1
   |-- _form.html
   |-- index.html
   |-- add.html
   |-- update.html
|-- controller.js
   +-- module-2
   |-- _form.html
   |-- index.html
   |-- add.html
   |-- update.html
|-- controller.js