Python Flask as Windows Service

Question

I am trying to get a Flask app to run as a Service in Windows. I have already tried to implement a solution as suggested here and here without success.

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Answer 1

According to a Reddit post, Adding all the libraries to hiddenimports should fix your problem, I tried it myself and it did work!

So, create a file in your project's directory, named win32_service.spec with the following content

# -*- mode: python -*-

block_cipher = None


a = Analysis(['win32_service.py'],
             pathex=['C:\\Users\\Win7\\Desktop\\FaaS'],
             binaries=[],
             datas=[],
             hiddenimports=['win32timezone',
                            'altgraph',
                            'Click'
                            'Flask',
                            'future',
                            'itsdangerous',
                            'Jinja2',
                            'macholib',
                            'MarkupSafe',
                            'pefile',
                            'PyInstaller',
                            'pyodbc',
                            'pywin32',
                            'pywin32-ctypes',
                            'Werkzeug',],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher,
             noarchive=False)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
             cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
          a.scripts,
          a.binaries,
          a.zipfiles,
          a.datas,
          [],
          name='win32_service',
          debug=False,
          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=True,
          runtime_tmpdir=None,
          console=True )

Don't forget to change pathex variable

Then instead of pyinstaller --onefile --hidden-import win32timezone win32_service.py use the following command: pyinstaller --onefile win32_service.spec