#!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail cd "$(dirname "$0")" # Prefer python3 but fall back to python; allow override via environment PYTHON_BIN="${PYTHON_BIN:-$(command -v python3 || command -v python)}" if [[ -z "$PYTHON_BIN" ]]; then echo "Error: Python not found." echo "Please install Python 3." echo " - On macOS: brew install python3" echo " - On Linux: sudo apt install python3 (or equivalent for your distro)" echo " - Or download from https://www.python.org/downloads/" exit 1 fi # Create a virtual environment if missing, then activate it # Create a virtual environment if missing, then activate it if [[ ! -d ".venv" ]]; then echo "Creating virtual environment..." "$PYTHON_BIN" -m venv .venv || { echo "Error: Failed to create virtual environment."; exit 1; } fi echo "Activating virtual environment..." source .venv/bin/activate || { echo "Error: Failed to activate virtual environment."; exit 1; } # Ensure dependencies are available echo "Installing dependencies..." pip install -r requirements.txt || { echo "Error: Failed to install dependencies."; exit 1; } # Start the Flask app on port 8888 echo "Starting application..." exec .venv/bin/python app.py || { echo "Error: Application exited with an error."; exit 1; }