zixweb 0.0.4

zix - Create your SaaS app quickly by adding plugins!

zix

FastAPI based web app framework.

Introduction

I wanted to build a web app with frontend, backend, database, login, email services, and paywall very quickly.

Since those are common skeleton for most SaazS apps, I built a plugin framework to build apps quickly.

Prereqs

• Python 3.8 or later is installed

Install

Make and activate a Python environment:

python -m venv venv
source ./venv/bin/activate

pip install -U pip
pip install zixweb

Create an app

zix init -w myapp

The rest of the document assumes your project is in myapp directory.

Run app

zix -w myapp -h 0.0.0.0 -p 4000 serve

Point browser to http://localhost:4000

Frontend and static files

Try modifying myapp/static/compiled/index.html and run the server again.

Place frontend and static files under myapp/static/compiled Anything under compiled folder is served under / as long as the path is not taken by the API endpoints you define.

Vanilla Bootstrap Studio project

Under the myapp directory, you'll find bstudio directory. If you have an active license of Bootstrap Studio, you can open this project.

Go to Export Settings on Bootstrap Studio and set the export path to myapp/static/compiled. Then export.

Run the server again. Now you have an (empty) webapp UI.

Add endpoints

Take a look at myapp/plugins/core/routers.py and myapp/plugins/web/routers.py. You can add your service under plugins directory.

Third-party services

In coming release of zix, I'm going to add the complete code to leverage these third-party services:

Auth0 (login)

To be written

Stripe (payment)

To be written

SendGrid (email)

To be written