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+from flask import Flask, Blueprint, jsonify, send_from_directory
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from app.models.sql_factory import connection_url, load_sql_datasets
+
+from app.server.api import api
+
+db = SQLAlchemy()
+
+def create_app(script_info=None):
+  """
+  functional pattern for creating the flask app
+  """
+  app = Flask(__name__, static_folder='static', static_url_path='')
+  app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = connection_url
+  app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
+
+  db.init_app(app)
+  datasets = load_sql_datasets(replace=False, base_model=db.Model)
+
+  app.register_blueprint(api, url_prefix='/api')
+  app.add_url_rule('/<path:file_relative_path_to_root>', 'serve_page', serve_page, methods=['GET'])
+
+  @app.route('/', methods=['GET'])
+  def index():
+    return app.send_static_file('index.html')
+
+  @app.shell_context_processor
+  def shell_context():
+    return { 'app': app, 'db': db }
+
+  @app.route("/site-map")
+  def site_map():
+    links = []
+    for rule in app.url_map.iter_rules():
+      # url = url_for(rule.endpoint, **(rule.defaults or {}))
+      # print(url)
+      links.append((rule.endpoint))
+    return(jsonify(links))
+
+  return app
+
+def serve_page(file_relative_path_to_root):
+  """
+  trying to get this to serve /path/ with /path/index.html,
+  ...but it doesnt actually matter for production...
+  """
+  if file_relative_path_to_root[-1] == '/':
+    file_relative_path_to_root += 'index.html'
+  return send_from_directory("static", file_relative_path_to_root)