Install Python Dependencies

Kevin Zhu 51

I am trying to deploy my flask application on azure through GitHub, but my program is telling me that i need to install Python Dependencies.
All my html files are in my github, along with the requirements text yet it's still not working.
I'm not quite sure of what to do and I'm stuck right now. I've attached an image of what my error looks like, please let me know if you can help in anyway!

ajkuma 22,606 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-09-17T12:29:02.98+00:00

@Kevin Zhu , Thanks for the good question.

To better assist you on this issue and just to confirm, are you attempting to deploy Python web app to App Service on Linux (document)?

This is looks more like a local issue than Azure/Azure WebApps.

On Windows, make sure the location of your Python interpreter is included in your PATH environment variable. You can check the location by running path at the command prompt.

If the Python interpreter's folder isn't included, open Windows Settings, search for "environment", select Edit environment variables for your account, then edit the Path variable to include that folder.

You can use python instead of python3.
ajkuma 22,606 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-09-17T12:31:50.767+00:00
Additionally,
Just to isolate the issue, you can clone the sample (free App Service tier) and follow the steps mentioned for initial test setup, the flow would be something like the following in this case:

python3 -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate pip install -r requirements.txt

Then set the FLASK_APP environment variable to the app's entry module and run the Flask development server:

export FLASK_APP=application.py flask run
riya sharma 1 Reputation point

2021-01-18T17:27:46.943+00:00

i also mentioned all these commands but i couldn't find the solution after this could you please go more further?

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Kevin Zhu 51 Reputation points

2020-09-17T13:21:32.443+00:00

@ajkuma Thank you for getting back to me! So i followed your advice and isolated this issue, and did python3 -m venv venv to create a virtual environment. A thing that i noticed is that I can't use the command (source venv/bin/activate) - if i wanted that step to work i would have to write (venv\Scripts\activate).

The error that I get when i try to do the command (source venv/bin/activate) is: 'source' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file."

I'm attempting to deploy my Python Web App with GitHub as I've been watching a lot of tutorials on how to deploy my application but I'm still getting no luck. If you know any possible solution to this, please let me know - and thank you once again for answering my question!

EDIT
I've realized that I'm deploying it through Linux using python 3.8 but it's still not working
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Kevin Zhu 51 Reputation points

2020-09-17T13:23:33.333+00:00

Other than the difference in command (source venv/bin/activate) where (venv\Scripts\activate) works with my code instead, the rest of the code works fine. I'm able to see my web app on my local server.

Kevin Zhu 51 Reputation points

2020-09-17T14:45:29.33+00:00

This keeps telling me that python isn't in my repository, and I'm confused on what to do

ajkuma 22,606 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-09-17T20:42:27.233+00:00

Kevin, I have requested for additional details to be shared offline. Requesting you to help with those details to investigate this issue further.
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