raspi + flask + ngrok

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使用Flask在Raspberry Pi上写web application，然后使用ngrok反向代理，让此web application可以在公网访问。

1, Install virtualenv and flask:

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apt install python3-pip
pip3 install virtualenv
virtualenv -p python3 venv3
source venv3/bin/activate
pip install flask

Edit run.py:

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from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)


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

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

Run: python run.py, now you should be able to see it is running on 127.0.0.1:5000

2, Run ngrok

Go to ngrok.com to register account, then download ngrok (Linux ARM) version.

unzip the downloaded zip file, then copy the code in step 3 and paste in console.

Lastly, run ./ngrok http 5000 to create a tunnel from your local 5000 to ngrok.com’s subdomain, ngrok will give you a domain like http://07ab32bf.ngrok.io/ , this is the domain mapped to your local flask code.