#handle a POST request from flask import Flask, render_template, request, url_for, jsonify import subprocess import os app = Flask(__name__) UPLOAD_DESTINATION = "Uploads/upload.py" RESULTS_DESTINATION = "Results/results.txt" @app.route('/') def home(): return "ANDI'S PIE" @app.route('/tests/endpoint', methods=['POST']) def my_test_endpoint(): # Receive post input_json = request.get_json(force=True) # Put file content into a file caled upload.py file_content=input_json['file_content'] upload = open(UPLOAD_DESTINATION, "w") upload.write(file_content) upload.close() # Run python script subprocess.call(["python", UPLOAD_DESTINATION]) # Get results file with open(RESULTS_DESTINATION, 'r') as results: results_content = results.read() results.close() # subprocess.check_output(["echo", "Hello World!"]) # os.remove(UPLOAD_DESTINATION) # os.remove(RESULTS_DESTINATION) # Return results file content dictToReturn = {'results_content':results_content} return jsonify(dictToReturn) if __name__ == '__main__': app.run(host="localhost", port=8000)