How can I serve NPM packages using Flask?

Question

I have a small Flask app which currently sources jQuery and highlight.js from external servers. I\'d like to make these local dependencies which I pull in via NPM.

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Answer 1

Go to your static folder and there initialize your npm project.

cd flask_app/static
$ npm init

after installing and saving npm packages you can serve them like this:

credits to: https://codeburst.io/creating-a-full-stack-web-application-with-python-npm-webpack-and-react-8925800503d9