How to Deploy Flask App to App Platform

Hi,

I am new to web app deployment, and am attempting to deploy a Flask web app to the DigitalOcean App Platform — but am having a hard time finding the right documentation.

I have a working Flask app on my local machine in the form of a Python package, where I can run the main.py file to launch the app. The code in the main.py file looks like this:

from website import create_app

app = create_app()

if __name__ == '__main__':
	app.run(debug=True)

The main.py file references code in the __init__.py file, which looks like this:

from flask import Flask
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from os import path
from flask_login import LoginManager

db = SQLAlchemy()
DB_NAME = 'database.db'

def create_app():
	app = Flask(__name__)
	app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
	app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = f'sqlite:///{DB_NAME}'
	db.init_app(app)

	from .views import views
	from .auth import auth

	app.register_blueprint(views, url_prefix='/')
	app.register_blueprint(auth, url_prefix='/')

	from .models import User, Security

	create_database(app)

	login_manager = LoginManager()
	login_manager.login_view = 'auth.login'
	login_manager.init_app(app)

	@login_manager.user_loader
	def load_user(id):
		return(User.query.get(int(id)))

	return(app)

def create_database(app):
	if not path.exists('website/' + DB_NAME):
		db.create_all(app=app)
		print('Created Database!')

The rest of the code (templates, models, etc.) is kept throughout the package in other folders or files. My file structure looks like this:

web-app
  - gunicorn_config.py
  - requirements.txt
  - main.py
  - website
     - __init__.py
     - auth.py (authorization routes)
     - views.py (regular routes)
     - models.py (defines SQL classes)
     - database.db (SQL database)
     - static
        - index.js (holds JavaScript functions)
        - styles
           - styles.css (holds CSS)
     - templates
        - ALL SITE TEMPLATES (.html)

I have successfully followed the instructions in this link (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-flask-app-using-gunicorn-to-app-platform) to upload my app to a Github repository, but am unsure what to specify for the build commands and run commands on the App Platform setup, as well as if this structure will work at all on the App Platform.

Thank you in advance for any help.