tsbarnes / pitftmanager-web

pitftmanager-web

pitftmanager-web is a Flask web app to control pitftmanager

Basics

Simply put, pitftmanager-web is an addon for pitftmanager that allows you to control the screen via a web app, accessible from any computer on the same network as your Raspberry Pi.

Installation

Note: you'll need pitftmanager installed first, see the pitftmanager README

• First, make sure you have git and pip3

  • On Raspberry Pi OS, use this command:

    sudo apt install git python3-pip

  • On Arch Linux ARM, use this command:

    sudo pacman -S git python-pip

  • Second, clone the repository and change directory into it:

git clone https://github.com/tsbarnes/pitftmanager-web.git ~/pitftmanager-web
cd ~/pitftmanager-web

• Third, install the Python dependencies:

sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

• Fourth, configure your secret key by creating app.cfg with the following contents:

SECRET_KEY = "<your secret key here>"

• You can generate a new secret key with this command:

python -c 'import os; print(os.urandom(16))'

• Last, copy the service file and start the server:

sudo cp ~/pitftmanager-web/pitftmanager-web.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable pitftmanager-web
sudo systemctl start pitftmanager-web

• Congratulations, you're set up! Now access the web app by visiting your Pi's address in a web browser!