flask-socketio-generator 1.0.1

The lib generates the template for Flask app with SoketIO configuration.

Flask-SocketIO-Generator

Flask-SocketIO-Generator is a tool for generating a template project structure for a Flask application with Socket.IO integration. The tool automatically sets up an initial folder structure, includes the necessary Docker files, a .gitignore, and a Socket.IO client in the HTML files.

With Flask-SocketIO-Generator, you can quickly bootstrap a Flask application with real-time capabilities, reducing the manual setup time and getting you started faster.

Features

• Generates a basic Flask app template with Socket.IO configuration.
• Automatically creates the folder structure for your Flask project.
• Includes Docker configuration files for easy containerization.
• Sets up a .gitignore for ignoring common unnecessary files.
• Adds a Socket.IO client to the HTML for seamless communication with the server.

HOW TO INSTALL AND RUN

Create virtual environment and activate it.
pip install flask_socketio_generator
Run command flask_socketio_generate

HOW TO RUN LOCALLY:

• git clone https://github.com/airetOK/flask_socketio_generator.git
• create virtual environment python -m venv venv
• activate venv cd venv/Scripts, from Scripts folder execute activate
• from the project's root execute pip install -r requirements.txt
• from the project's root execute python -m flask_socket_generator_app.main

USAGE

The command python -m api.main will ask you to enter project name, include docker support and add .gitignore. Once you finished with that, the will create the Flask SocketIO the following project's structure:

example-project |
|---app
|    | --- __init__.py
|
|---static
|    | --- css
|    | --- img
|    | --- js
|
|---templates
|    | --- index.html
|
|---tests
|    | --- app
|            | --- __init__.py
|    | --- __init__.py
|
|--- .gitignore
|--- docker-compose.yaml
|--- Dockerfile
|--- main.py
|--- README.MD
|--- requirements.txt

Once the project was generated execute docker-compose up from your project's root. You can access the Flask application on localhost:5000.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to Flask-SocketIO-Generator, feel free to fork the repository, submit issues, or create pull requests. The repository url: https://github.com/airetOK/flask_socketio_generator Contributions are always welcome, I'll be happy to improve the lib with you!