How to install Flask on Windows?

Assuming you are a PyCharm User, its pretty easy to install Flask This will help users without shell pip access also.

Open Settings(Ctrl+Alt+s) >>
Goto Project Interpreter>>
Double click pip>> Search for flask
Select and click Install Package ( Check Install to site users if intending to use Flask for this project alone Done!!!

Cases in which flask is not shown in pip: Open Manage Repository>> Add(+) >> Add this following url

https://www.palletsprojects.com/p/flask/

Now back to pip, it will show related packages of flask,

Voila!!!

Install pip as described here: How do I install pip on Windows?

Then do

pip install flask

That installation tutorial is a bit misleading, it refers to actually running it in a production environment.

First install flask using pip,

pip install Flask

* If pip is not installed then install pip

Then copy below program (hello.py)

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def hello():
    return "Hello World!"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

Now, run the program

python hello.py

Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

Just copy paste the above address line in your browser.

Reference: http://flask.pocoo.org/

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