deploy.yml

name: Deploy Flask to GitHub Pages

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main  # Deploy when changes are pushed to the main branch

permissions:
  contents: write  # Grant permission to write to the repository
  pages: write     # Grant permission to GitHub Pages

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    # Step 1: Checkout the repository
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v3

    # Step 2: Set up Python
    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
      with:
        python-version: 3.9

    # Step 3: Install dependencies
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
        pip install -r requirements.txt

    # Step 4: Run flask freeze
    - name: Freeze Flask App
      run: |
        python freeze.py  # Generate static files into the './build' directory

    - name: Upload artifact for Pages
      uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v1
      with:
        path: ./build  # Specify the folder containing the static files

  deploy:
    needs: build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      pages: write  # Grant permissions to deploy to GitHub Pages
    steps:
    - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
      uses: actions/deploy-pages@v2