Softcorner Digital Solutions

from flask import Flask, render_template # Initialize the Flask application app = Flask(__name__) # File path to store the visitor count persistently VISITOR_COUNT_FILE ='visitor_count.txt' def get_visitor_count(): """ Reads the current visitor count from the persistent file storage. Initializes to 0 if the file doesn't exist or has invalid content. """ try: with open(VISITOR_COUNT_FILE, 'r') as f: # Read the file content and convert it to an integer count = int(f.read().strip()) except (FileNotFoundError, ValueError): # Handle the case where the file is missing or corrupted count = 0 return count def increment_visitor_count(): """ Increments the count by one for a new visitor and saves the new value. This function ensures the count is updated atomically for a simple file counter. """ # 1. Get the current count count = get_visitor_count() # 2. Increment the count count += 1 # 3. Write the new count back to the file try: with open(VISITOR_COUNT_FILE, 'w') as f: f.write(str(count)) except IOError as e: # Log error if file write fails, though this is rare on local system print(f"Error writing to file: {e}") # 4. Return the new, updated count to be displayed return count @app.route('/') def home(): """ The main route ('/') that every visitor hits. It increments the global visitor count and passes the new count to the HTML template for display. """ # The moment a new request comes in, increment the count current_count = increment_visitor_count() # Render the template, passing the count so all visitors see the same number return render_template('index.html', visitor_count=current_count) if __name__ =='__main__': # Run the application in debug mode (only for development) # The application will be accessible at http://127.0.0.1:5000/ app.run(debug=True)