Can't import Flask while using Google App Engine

Question

I\'m following this guide and trying to develop a Flask app to run on the Google App Engine. I followed the guide to the letter but when I launch the dev app server from the

Answer 1

tldr: use appengine_config.py and copy your virtualenv to a folder called lib, then make SURE you are running the app via dev_appserver.py

(the below is via bash in ubuntu) SO after a long battle, I find that virtual env and gcloud dont play nice -

I copied everything from my virtual env dir

.../.virtualenvs/nimble/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages

into

[projectdir]/lib

and my appengine_config.py finally worked locally like it does in the cloud, but I absolutely HAVE to run

dev_appserver.py [my proj dir here]

or the google.appengine module wont load. did not know I should be using dev server. I feel very dumb.

for reference, heres the appengine_config.py

"""`appengine_config` gets loaded when starting a new application instance."""

print 'running app  config yaya!'

from google.appengine.ext import vendor
vendor.add('lib')
print 'I am the line after adding lib, it should have worked'
import os
print os.getcwd()