Flask-Login Tutorial

Add user authentication to your Flask app.

• Tutorial: https://hackersandslackers.com/flask-login-user-authentication/
• Demo: https://flasklogin.hackersandslackers.app

Getting Started

Get set up locally in two steps:

I. Environment Variables

Replace the values in .env.example with your values and rename this file to .env:

• FLASK_APP: Entry point of your application (should be wsgi.py).
• FLASK_ENV: The environment to run your app in (either development or production).
• SECRET_KEY: Randomly generated string of characters used to encrypt your app's data.
• SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI: Connection URI of a SQL database.
• LESS_BIN: Path to your local LESS installation via which lessc (optional for static assets).
• ASSETS_DEBUG: Debug asset creation and bundling in development (optional).
• LESS_RUN_IN_DEBUG: Debug LESS while in development (optional).
• COMPRESSOR_DEBUG: Debug asset compression while in development (optional).

Remember never to commit secrets saved in .env files to Github.

II. Installation

Get up and running with make deploy:

git clone https://github.com/toddbirchard/flasklogin-tutorial.git
cd flasklogin-tutorial
make deploy

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