Flask-Admin
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Introduction
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Flask-Admin is a batteries-included, simple-to-use `Flask <http://flask.pocoo.org/>`_ extension that lets you
add admin interfaces to Flask applications. It is inspired by the *django-admin* package, but implemented in such
a way that the developer has total control of the look, feel and functionality of the resulting application.
Out-of-the-box, Flask-Admin plays nicely with various ORM's, including
- `SQLAlchemy <http://www.sqlalchemy.org/>`_,
- `MongoEngine <http://mongoengine.org/>`_,
- `pymongo <http://api.mongodb.org/python/current/>`_ and
- `Peewee <https://github.com/coleifer/peewee>`_.
It also boasts a simple file management interface and a `redis client <http://redis.io/>`_ console.
The biggest feature of Flask-Admin is flexibility. It aims to provide a set of simple tools that can be used for
building admin interfaces of any complexity. So, to start off with you can create a very simple application in no time,
with auto-generated CRUD-views for each of your models. But then you can go further and customize those views & forms
as the need arises.
Flask-Admin is an active project, well-tested and production ready.
Examples
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Several usage examples are included in the */examples* folder. Please add your own, or improve
on the existing examples, and submit a *pull-request*.
To run the examples in your local environment::
1. Clone the repository::
git clone https://github.com/flask-admin/flask-admin.git
cd flask-admin
2. Create and activate a virtual environment::
virtualenv env -p python3
source env/bin/activate
3. Install requirements::
pip install -r examples/sqla/requirements.txt
4. Run the application::
python examples/sqla/run_server.py
Documentation
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Flask-Admin is extensively documented, you can find all of the documentation at `https://flask-admin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ <https://flask-admin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_.
The docs are auto-generated from the *.rst* files in the */doc* folder. So if you come across any errors, or
if you think of anything else that should be included, then please make the changes and submit them as a *pull-request*.
To build the docs in your local environment, from the project directory::
tox -e docs-html
And if you want to preview any *.rst* snippets that you may want to contribute, go to `http://rst.ninjs.org/ <http://rst.ninjs.org/>`_.
Installation
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To install Flask-Admin, simply::
pip install flask-admin
Or alternatively, you can download the repository and install manually by doing::
git clone git@github.com:flask-admin/flask-admin.git
cd flask-admin
python setup.py install
Tests
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Test are run with *pytest*. If you are not familiar with this package you can get some more info from `their website <https://pytest.org/>`_.
To run the tests, from the project directory, simply::
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
pytest
You should see output similar to::
.............................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 102 tests in 13.132s
OK
For all the tests to pass successfully, you'll need Postgres & MongoDB to be running locally. For Postgres::
> psql postgres
CREATE DATABASE flask_admin_test;
\q
> psql flask_admin_test
CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION hstore;
If you're using Homebrew on MacOS, you might need this::
# install postgis
> brew install postgis
# set up postgresql user
> createuser -s postgresql
> brew services restart postgresql
You can also run the tests on multiple environments using *tox*.
3rd Party Stuff
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Flask-Admin is built with the help of `Bootstrap <http://getbootstrap.com/>`_, `Select2 <https://github.com/ivaynberg/select2>`_
and `Bootswatch <http://bootswatch.com/>`_.
If you want to localize your application, install the `Flask-BabelEx <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Flask-BabelEx>`_ package.
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