How to install Flask on Windows?
Assuming you are a PyCharm User, its pretty easy to install Flask This will help users without shell pip access also.
- Open Settings(Ctrl+Alt+s) >>
- Goto Project Interpreter>>
- Double click pip>> Search for flask
- Select and click Install Package ( Check Install to site users if intending to use Flask for this project alone Done!!!
Cases in which flask is not shown in pip: Open Manage Repository>> Add(+) >> Add this following url
https://www.palletsprojects.com/p/flask/
Now back to pip, it will show related packages of flask,
- select flask>>
- install package>>
Voila!!!
Install pip as described here: How do I install pip on Windows?
Then do
pip install flask
That installation tutorial is a bit misleading, it refers to actually running it in a production environment.
First install flask using pip,
pip install Flask
* If pip is not installed then install pip
Then copy below program (hello.py)
from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route("/")
def hello():
return "Hello World!"
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run()
Now, run the program
python hello.py
Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
Just copy paste the above address line in your browser.
Reference: http://flask.pocoo.org/