app.py

from werkzeug.contrib.fixers import ProxyFix
import os
ON_HEROKU = os.environ.get('ON_HEROKU')
if ON_HEROKU:
    # get the heroku port
    print ON_HEROKU
    print "binding to 17955"
    port = int(os.environ.get('PORT', 17995))  # as per OP comments default is 17995
else:
    print ON_HEROKU
    print "binding to 5000"
    port = 5000
from flask import *
import pickle
# import time
import os
import json
import ranking_1

app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path="")

items = pickle.load(open("dumps/items.pickle", "rb"))
users = pickle.load(open("dumps/user.pickle", "rb"))
user_id = None
movie_id = None
encoder = json.JSONEncoder()


@app.route("/")
def index():
    print "a"
    return render_template("moviepage_1.html")


@app.route("/set/user", methods=["POST"])
def set_user():
    global user_id
    user_id = int(request.form["id"])
    print "user_id", user_id
    return encoder.encode(users[user_id])


@app.route("/get/sets")
def get_sets():
    print user_id
    sets = ranking_1.ranking(user_id);
    print sets[1]
    return encoder.encode(sets)


app.wsgi_app = ProxyFix(app.wsgi_app)
if __name__ == "__main__":
    port = int(os.environ.get('PORT', 1730))
    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=port, debug=True)