Deployed and Secured Flask App on Google App Engine

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📅 2024-02-16 — Session: Deployed and Secured Flask App on Google App Engine

🕒 18:50–20:00
🏷️ Labels: Flask, Google App Engine, Oauth, Deployment, Security
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to deploy a Flask application to Google App Engine, secure it with OAuth authentication, and ensure best practices for environment variable management.

Key Activities

  • Deployment: Followed a structured guide to deploy the Flask application to Google App Engine, including project initialization and deployment commands.
  • Security Setup: Integrated OAuth credentials, configured redirect URIs, and managed sessions to secure the application.
  • Environment Management: Implemented best practices for using .env files to manage environment variables securely.
  • User Management: Developed a simple User model using a Python dictionary, with methods for user creation and retrieval, emphasizing the transition to a database for production.
  • Troubleshooting: Resolved common errors such as Error 400: redirect_uri_mismatch and InsecureTransportError, ensuring proper OAuth integration.

Achievements

  • Successfully deployed the Flask application to Google App Engine.
  • Secured the application with OAuth, handling redirects and callback processing effectively.
  • Established a foundation for robust environment variable management and user handling.

Pending Tasks

  • Transition the user management system from an in-memory dictionary to a database for production use.
  • Further testing and refinement of OAuth integration, particularly in production settings.

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