python

flaskstuff

#
# pip install beautifulsoup4==4.2.1
# pip install flask==0.10.1
#
# https://gist.github.com/jeremyosborne/6114464

import os
import re
import requests
from flask import Flask, render_template, request

BASE_DIR = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")

SCRAPE_URL = "http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all"

def init():
    print "Downloading static content."
    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(STATIC_DIR, "normalize.css")):
        print "\tnormalize.css downloading..."
        response = requests.get("http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/2.1.2/normalize.css")
        with open(os.path.join(STATIC_DIR, "normalize.css"), "w") as f:
            f.write(response.text)
    else:
        print "\tnormalize.css already downloaded"

app = Flask(__name__,
            static_url_path="/static/")

@app.route("/")
def main():
    context = {}
    
    return "Hello world!"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    init()
    app.run(port=5000, debug=True)