Making a Flask app installable using setuptools
So, we have a Flask application now, but how do we install it just like any Python package? It is possible that any other application depends on our application or our application is in fact an extension for Flask and would need to be installed in a Python environment so that it can be used by other applications.
How to do it…
Installing a Flask app can be achieved very easily using the setuptools library of Python. We will have to create a file called setup.py in our application's folder and configure it to run a setup script for our application. It will take care of any dependencies, descriptions, loading test packages, and so on.
The following is an example of a simple setup.py script for our Hello ...
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