Added better error handling and MySQL 5.6 support for Windows Server:
1. Enhanced error logging in app.py:
- Detailed database error messages with error codes
- Full stack traces logged to console/PM2
- Error details returned in JSON for debugging
2. Created app-pymysql.py:
- Alternative version using PyMySQL instead of mysql-connector-python
- Better compatibility with older MySQL 5.6 servers
- Handles bit field conversion from bytes to boolean
- Pure Python implementation (no C extensions)
3. Added requirements-mysql56.txt:
- PyMySQL 1.1.0 for MySQL 5.6 compatibility
- Use this on Windows servers with old MySQL
For production Windows servers with MySQL 5.6, use:
pip install -r requirements-mysql56.txt
python app-pymysql.py
For debugging 500 errors, check console/PM2 logs for detailed error messages.
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BREAKING CHANGE: Replaced Node.js backend with Python Flask
Reason: npm not available on production server, Python/pip is available.
Changes:
- Created app.py (Flask) to replace server.js (Node.js)
- Created requirements.txt with only 2 dependencies (Flask, mysql-connector-python)
- Updated README.md with Flask installation and deployment instructions
- Maintained all existing functionality:
* Same API endpoints (/api/notifications, /health)
* Same database queries (isshopfloor filter, 72-hour window)
* Same priority sorting (incidents first)
* Serves static files from public/ directory
* Same environment variable configuration
Dependencies:
- Flask==3.0.0
- mysql-connector-python==8.2.0
The public/index.html frontend remains unchanged - only the backend was converted.
Tested and verified:
- API endpoint returns correct data
- Health check responds
- Dashboard displays properly
- Database connectivity working
- PM2 process manager compatible
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