Unable to connect to Flask local server

Question

I\'m trying to build an web app with python and Flask. I started working on it on Ubuntu and it works so far.

However, pulling the project into an windows environment wit

Answer 1

http://0.0.0.0 often doesn't work, you will likely need to switch to http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

Also validate you have set flask to use 0.0.0.0 and not 127.0.0.1.

I figured I should explain the second part, within a routes.py file you want to make sure you set the host to 0.0.0.0 otherwise you won't be able to access it. So at the bottom of your routes.py make sure you have:

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)
app.run(host="0.0.0.0")