python-base-app 0.3.6

Generic tools and base classes for Python applications with web interface.

Python Application Framework python_base_app

Overview

python_base_app is a simple framework for Python applications with a web frontend using Flask. It is used by LittleBrother, LittleBrotherTaskbar, and ProxyPing.

Change History

See here

GitHub Status

Continuous Integration Status Overview

Status	Master	Release
CircleCI
Test Coverage
Snyk Vulnerability		not available
Snyk Package Health	not available
Codacy Code Quality		not available

Note: The vulnerability status is derived from the Python PIP packages found in requirements.txt.

Features

python_base_app has the following features:

• (Base) classes for handling

  • configuration,
  • HTTP server (Flask with optional authentication (simple configured admin password and LDAP)),
  • helper classes for Flask WTF,
  • actuator providing a health endpoint,
  • helpers for notification using popups or audio messages,
  • REST access,
  • logging,
  • daemon processes
  • wrapper for pinging other servers with integration of ProxyPing

• Templates and generator (Jinja2) for creating

  • Debian packages for Python applications,
  • PIP packages (build, test, publish),
  • control files for continuous integration platforms CircleCI and GitLab,
  • control file analyzing test coverage using Python module coverage

Caveats

The framework is far from perfect. Some major caveats are listed here and/or in the issue list on GitHub (see here).