serving static files locally in Flask

flask_local_static_files.py

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)

if app.config['DEBUG']:
    from werkzeug.wsgi import SharedDataMiddleware
    import os.path
    app.wsgi_app = SharedDataMiddleware(app.wsgi_app, {
      '/static': os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'static')
    })