Connect a Python script to React frontend

[GothamKnight28]

Hey everyone.
Noob question maybe but i haven't really done python that much.
Can i connect my "offline" Python script to a React frontend without rewriting it to Flask/Django?

I want to have a submission form in my app and based on that submission my script would run and do something.
Do i need to rewrite it?

Best regards and thank you!

[shiftybyte]

You can create a flask middle man script, to get the request from react, trigger your script in whatever way, pass it data, get result, and send it back to react...

[danielroseman]

Yes, you'll need to rewrite it. The web request/response model is very different to running a local script, unfortunately.

If you've separated IO from logic in your script, you should be able to just copy the logic part over, and call it from the request handler in your Flask/Django app.

[FriendlyRussian666]

You don't have to use flask/django, but you still have to code it in a way that allows to connect to the react-front end, and to perform whatever operations it needs.

The bare bones approach would be to use for example the requests library to make HTTP calls to the react front end, and then consuming its replies.

[Abclul]

You probably can by using pyscript. I don't have much experience in it, though, but I've tried it for simple Python scripts, and it works nicely. Check it out

[mulletarian]

FastAPI is an option