Miscellaneous Python Notes¶

Python HTTP Server¶

To spin up an http server, you can use python3 -m http.server to serve a directory.

MkDocs Static Website¶

Requirements for mkdocs: * mkdocs * mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin * mkdocs-material * mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin * markdown-emdash * git-revision-date-localized * python-markdown * mdx_emdash

mkdocs serve -a 0.0.0.0:3000

Produces a static site

Containerize the application¶

To safely share with others, you can containerize the application. Use podman or docker to build the image:

# Use the Python version you need
#FROM python:3.9-slim 
FROM python:3.11

# Set the working directory inside the container
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

# Copy the current directory into the container at the WORKDIR
COPY . .

# Install dependencies
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Make port 80 available to the world, for web apps
EXPOSE 80

# Set environment variables
ENV NAME World
ENV PATH /usr/src/app

# Run the app when the container launches
RUN ["python3", "./app.py"]

Then build the image

podman build -t python-app .

and run it

podman run -p 8080:80 python-app