[FIXED] Is it possible to have flask api running on apache with already running PHP site for same domain?

Issue

Is is possible to run flask rest api in apache + ubuntu server where already PHP website is running with that domain??

in short: if I browse url www.example.com then normal php website should load. if I call www.example.com/services/api then flask api should give result....

Updated => Answer Finally I found a solution, posting here if it can help someone... (Ubuntu Server)

-->with root (Assuming Python and Pip already installed)

1. sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 python3-dev
2. sudo apt-get install python3-pip
3. pip3 install virtualenv

-->with domain user navigate to folder where you want to create virtual environment... then type below command (you can change virtual environment name according to your need)

1. python3 -m virtualenv myenv <-(any name)
2. activate environment with command source myenv/bin/activate
3. install flask with commend pip install flask
4. create file below data--> flaskapp.wsgi in project folder or anywhere you want... then following code

import logging
 import sys

activate_this = '/your/envfolder/path/bin/activate_this.py'

exec(compile(open(activate_this).read(), activate_this, 'exec'), dict(__file__=activate_this))

logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stderr)
sys.path.insert(0, '/your/app/folder/path/where/you/can/import/app')
from App import app as application
#application.secret_key = 'anything-you-wish'

Finally with etc/apache2/sites_available and your sitename.conf add below code...

WSGIScriptAlias /your/wsgi/folderpath/flaskapp.wsgi
    <Directory /your/wsgi/folderpath/>
        # set permissions as per apache2.conf file
        allow from all
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

Note: This is how I made it to work... I am not a professional server developer, I am not sure if this is a right way to do it...

Solution

That is possible. You will need to specify a certain route for each app.

For example,

foo.com/ -> PHP foo.com/api -> Flask App

A sample apache config would be something like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName foo.com
  ProxyPreserveHost On

  ProxyPass /  http://127.0.0.1:8080/ 
  ProxyPassReverse /  http://127.0.0.1:8080/

  ProxyPass /api/  http://127.0.0.1:8081/
  ProxyPassReverse /api/  http://127.0.0.1:8081/
</VirtualHost>

Answered By - Brian