toui 3.5.0a8
Creates user interfaces (websites and desktop apps) from HTML easily

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# Overview
ToUI is a Python framework for creating user interfaces (web apps and desktop apps) from HTML code easily. It allows you to call your Python functions from HTML. No JavaScript knowledge is required, but some knowledge of HTML is usually required.

Live preview of a web app created using ToUI: https://toui-92bd1594dbed.herokuapp.com/

# Why ToUI
- Converts HTML and CSS files into a fast-responsive app using Python alone.
- Simple to understand for programmers who only know Python and HTML.
- Edit HTML files dynamically.
- The method of creating websites and the method of creating desktop apps are similar, which makes it easy to convert a website to a desktop app and vice versa.
- Contains features that will greatly support you while creating your apps, such as:
    - **Sign-in feature**
    - **User-specific database**
    - **Uploading and downloading files**
    - **Google sign in (experimental)**
    - **Firebase (experimental)**
    - **Password protection for your app**

# Preview

### Calling a Python function from HTML code

![gif](https://github.com/mubarakalmehairbi/ToUI/blob/main/images/home.gif)

### Simple calculator

![gif](https://github.com/mubarakalmehairbi/ToUI/blob/main/images/calculator.gif)

Follow the link below to preview a live app created using ToUI:

https://toui-92bd1594dbed.herokuapp.com/

To download this template and customize to create your own web app, go to this [section](#start-with-a-template).

# How to install
Run this command:
```shell
pip install toui
```
To install only the required dependencies, run these commands:
```shell
pip install --no-deps toui
pip install "requests>=2.31.0"
toui --minimal-reqs
```

# How to create a basic website
Import the required classes:
```python
from toui import Website, Page
```
Create a `Website` object:
```python
app = Website(name=__name__, assets_folder="path/to/assets_folder",  secret_key="some secret key")
```
Create a `Page` and add it to the website:
```python
main_page = Page(html_file="path/to/html", url="/")
app.add_pages(main_page)
```
Run the app:
```python
if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()
```
The complete code:
```python
from toui import Website, Page

app = Website(name=__name__, assets_folder="path/to/assets_folder", 
              secret_key="some secret key")

main_page = Page(html_file="path/to/html", url="/")
app.add_pages(main_page)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()
```

# How to create a desktop app
Creating a desktop app is similar to creating a website. Only replace `Website` class with
`DesktopApp`:
```python
from toui import DesktopApp, Page

app = DesktopApp(name="MyApp", assets_folder="path/to/assets_folder")

main_page = Page(html_file="path/to/html", url="/")
app.add_pages(main_page)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()
```

# Start with a template
To start with a basic template for a ToUI project. Run the command:
```
toui init
```
You can find the same template [here](https://github.com/mubarakalmehairbi/BasicToUIProject).

To start with a full template that includes a **Home** page, an **About** page, **Contact** page, a simple **Calculator** page, a **Sign-in** page (including **Google sign-in**), a simple **Dashboard**, and more, run the following command:
```
toui init --full
``` 
You can also find the full template [here](https://github.com/mubarakalmehairbi/FullToUIProject). Additionally, you can find a live preview of the template in this link: https://toui-92bd1594dbed.herokuapp.com/

# Make the app responsive
Check this [example](https://toui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Examples.example_1_simple_website.html)
and [other examples](https://toui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Examples.html) to learn how
to make the website / desktop app responsive.

# Deploy the app
You can deploy the web app the same way you deploy a `Flask` app ([How to deploy Flask app](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/deploying/)).
The only difference is that you need to access the `Flask` object first:
```python
app = Website(__name__)
flask_app = app.flask_app
```
Then you need to deploy the `flask_app` and not the `app`.

# How to contribute
ToUI welcomes contribution, small or big. For anyone who wants to contribute please check the [contribution page](https://toui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/CONTRIBUTING.html).

# License and Copyrights
Copyrights (c) 2023 Mubarak Almehairbi.
This package is licensed under the MIT license.

# Documentation
You can find the documentation in this link: [ToUI docs](https://toui.readthedocs.io).