[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Flask is a Python web framework that can turn pcDuino into a dynamic web server.[/vc_column_text][vc_tour][vc_tab title=”Install libraries” tab_id=”1393488004-1-24″][vc_column_text]1. Install library Request (Request is one of the HTTP client libraries of Python)

$ sudo apt-get install python-requests

2.Install Python-pip (pip is a tool that can replace the easy_install and manage the  Python package) ;

$sudo apt-get install python-imaging python-imaging-tk python-pip python-dev git

Attention: Sometime it may fail to install when run with the above instruction,then you need to update the new source and run the commands again.

$sudo apt-get update

3.Install Flask( Flask is a low level of Web application framework ,written with Python)

$sudo pip install flask

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tab][vc_tab title=”Test code” tab_id=”1393488004-2-15″][vc_column_text]The filename of the following code will be saved as ‘hello-flask.py’:

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")

def hello():

          return " Welcome to pcDuino ! "

if __name__ == "__main__":

          app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=80, debug=True)

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tab][vc_tab title=”Running test” tab_id=”1393545765163-2-6″][vc_column_text]1.1 Save the file as hello-flask.py and run

$sudo python ./hello-flask.py

2.2  Input the instruction:

$ifconfig

to examine pcDuino IP address:

3. On another PC computer which share the same subnetwork with pcDuino,  open the browser and input ’192.168.35’ (copy  the address obtained in the above step) you will see the following information:

4. At the same time, you will see the information as shown below  in pcDuino terminal.  It displays the client whose IP is 192.168.1.25 is connecting the pcDuino server:

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