flask_hello_world_app_for_aws_elastic_beanstalk_deployment.py

1from flask import Flask
2
3# Flask constructor takes the name of 
4# current module (__name__) as argument.
5application = Flask(__name__)
6
7# The route() function of the Flask class is a decorator, 
8# which tells the application which URL should call 
9# the associated function.
10@application.route('/')
11def hello_world():
12    return 'Hello World'
13
14# run the app.
15if __name__ == "__main__":
16    # Setting debug to True enables debug output. This line should be
17    # removed before deploying a production app.
18    application.debug = True
19    application.run()