cannot run python flask app in docker with vscode (from tutorial)

Question

I build a sample flask app by this tutorial
Afterwards I tried to build a docker out of it and followed the steps in this tutorial

The app runs in debug mode in localhost.
The docker is build without any error.
When I try to run the docker in debug mode, there pops up an error and I do not know why

 * Serving Flask app "hello_app\__init__.py"
 * Environment: production
   WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment.
   Use a production WSGI server instead.
 * Debug mode: off
Usage: python -m flask run [OPTIONS]
Try 'python -m flask run --help' for help.

Error: Could not import "hello_app\__init__".

I tried "hello_app\__init__:app" as well as "hello_app\__webapp__:app" as entrypoint in the dockerfile - always the same issue.

here my project structure:

__ init__.py:

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__) # Flask instance named app

webapp.py:

# Entry point for the application.
from . import app    # For application discovery by the 'flask' command.
from . import views  # For import side-effects of setting up routes.

launch.json:

{"version": "0.2.0", "configurations": [{"name": "Python: Flask", "type": "python", "request": "launch", "module": "flask", "env": {"FLASK_APP": "hello_app/webapp", "FLASK_ENV": "development"}, "args": ["run", "--no-debugger"], "jinja": true}, {"name": "Docker: Python - Flask", "type": "docker", "request": "launch", "preLaunchTask": "docker-run: debug", "python": {"pathMappings": [{"localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}", "remoteRoot": "/app"}], "projectType": "flask"}}]}

Dockerfile:

# For more information, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python
FROM python:3.8-slim-buster

EXPOSE 5000

# Keeps Python from generating .pyc files in the container
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1

# Turns off buffering for easier container logging
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

# Install pip requirements
COPY requirements.txt .
RUN python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

WORKDIR /app
COPY . /app

# Creates a non-root user with an explicit UID and adds permission to access the /app folder
# For more info, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python-configure-containers
RUN adduser -u 5678 --disabled-password --gecos "" appuser && chown -R appuser /app
USER appuser

# During debugging, this entry point will be overridden. For more information, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python-debug
CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000", "hello_app\__init__:app"]

Shouldn't the last argument to gunicorn be the Python module.name:function that produces the WSGI application? Does just hello_app:app work, without the implied __init__ and without the backslash? — David Maze
– David Maze, Commented Jul 16, 2021 at 17:27

eid · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-19 09:49:50Z

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added entry to launch.json (under "Docker: Python - Flask") and it works:

        "env": {
            "FLASK_APP": "hello_app/webapp.py",
            "FLASK_ENV": "development"
        },

and in dockerfile: "hello_app\__webapp__:app"

edited Jul 19, 2021 at 9:49

answered Jul 17, 2021 at 12:19

eid

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3 Comments

Karr Over a year ago

Didn't work for me. And you are not explaining why.

eid Over a year ago

and you dont say anything about your failure. Should I have been guessed what your issue will be in the future when I wrote this? hmm ... In most cases it is a problem of the adopter

kingaj Over a year ago

In the docker terminal, there is the entry --env "FLASK_APP=hello_app\__init__.py" Perhaps this is the issue. This must be cached somewhere in the VSCode environment. It's not in the launch.json file, but it was in the original Dockerfile before I started fiddling with it.

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