Rendering html template with flask

Question

im trying to render html template that i download free from a website. every time i run the program it just result error 404 Not Found

[Not Found

The requested URL was not found on the server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.]

and in the vscode it give me

127.0.0.1 - - [11/Jun/2023 14:12:16] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 404 -

result.

my path//

-project
  -templates
    -index.html
  -main.py

this my code

from flask import Flask, render_template


app = Flask(__name__)

app.route("/")
def home():
    return render_template("index.html")



if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(debug=True)

is everyone have a though what should i do so i can run the html template with no errors? thank you for who can answer the question.

Welcome to Stack Overflow. How are you accessing this flask app? — ewokx, Jul 11 '23 at 05:32
Does this answer your question? [Flask Template Not found](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33396064/flask-template-not-found) — shaik moeed, Jul 11 '23 at 05:35
acces flalsk from python, @ewokx its already name templates, nope atshaik — rchan, Jul 11 '23 at 05:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 11 '23 at 06:05

Try configuring the Flask app.

import os

base_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))    
app = Flask(__name__, template_folder=f'{base_dir}\\project\\templates\\')

and also make the app.route a decorator:

@app.route("/")
def home():
    return render_template("index.html")

Rendering html template with flask

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