Flask Server for Home automation using Raspberry Pi

A simple FLASK WebServer to control things in your home using Raspberry Pi's GPIOs programmed as outputs (acting as actuators).

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Screenshots

New Interface (Default)	Old Interface

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Install

prerequisites

• Install Git, python3-pip, curl

Method 1 (Automatic)

$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HritwikSinghal/room_control_server/master/install.sh | bash

The server will start automatically on Network connect. You can check the status of server by below command.

$ systemctl status --user room_control_flask.service

Method 2 (Manual)

Clone this repository using

$ cd ~
$ git clone -b master --depth 1 https://github.com/HritwikSinghal/room_control_server /usr/local/sbin/room_control_server/

Enter the directory and install all the requirements using

$ cd /usr/local/sbin/room_control_server/
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

(Optional, but Recommended) Enable Systemd service to start on network connect

$ sudo chmod +x room_control_flask.service
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user/
$ cp room_control_flask.service ~/.config/systemd/user/
$ sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER
$ systemctl enable --now --user room_control_flask.service

Run the app (or don't if it was started in last step)

$ python3 run.py

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License

GPLv3

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For GPIO connections and how to connect the relay, you can visit this website. Here is archived version of above page from wayback.

Thanks to RPi-Flask-WebServer and NetworkChuck for providing base code.