Flask access from different devices

Question

Is there a way to generate a specific IP address or make a specific site of flask http://127.0.0.1:5000/ site which runs locally, to access the web-app made using flask from different device as by default it runs locally and under http://127.0.0.1:5000/ but,i want to access it from different devices.If,there's a way please help

Answer 1

refer first to this doc (section Externally Visible Server) on how to expose your local Flask app to make it accessible from trusted devices in your network for testing purposes.

$(venv) flask run --host=0.0.0.0

or in your app.py

from flask import Flask
[..]
app = Flask(__name__)
[..]
if __name__ == "__main__":
   app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000, debug=True)

and then :

$(venv) python app.py

but if it happens and you got this error dial tcp 0.0.0.0:5000: connect: connection refused then try to use the local ip address (192.168.x.y instead of 0.0.0.0) of the machine hosting your Flask app. you may find this thread usefull