Serve static files with Eve

Question

I am running Flask and Eve on localhost at a same time. The Flask app serves static files and makes requests to the Eve app to get some data. I want to run Eve only, without a separate Flask app. How can I serve static files with Eve?

Answer 1

A better approach will be to prefix the /api for all REST APIs. This can be done by adding URL_PREFIX="api" in settings.py.

By doing this whenever there is request to /, Eve(Flask) will not return the resource catalog instead returns the page as given in run.py.

To serve static content add route decorators accordingly in run.py,

@app.route('/')
def index():
    return app.send_static_file('index.html')

app.run(host="0.0.0.0", debug=True)

Answer 2

Eve is a Flask application (a subclass) so as a general rule everything that works with Flask works with Eve too. You could register a blueprint, or add new routes.

Also see this answer for a link to a working example: Servicing html requests with Eve

Answer 3

try set import_name arg for Eve:

app = Eve(import_name=__name__)