Device Tracker using Flask

This was made to use it with Raspberry Pi for a project I am working on. I guess this is the best API Maps you will ever find on the internet. Easy to use, Free, Opensource.

Used Application:

1. Flask Web Framework ( pip install flask )

2. Mapbox

3. SQLite3 Database ( pip install db-sqlite3 )

4. Termux ( if wanted )

Download the Files from my Github link

To Find a Location for your Phone

• Download termux in your phone

• Go to https://github.com/v-senthil/Device-Tracker-using-Flask/blob/main/mobile-location.py

• Copy the file into your local system.

• Run the python code

python3 mobile-location.py

• The output will show you the latitude and longitude of your current location.

• Further, the same logic which is applied in raspberry can be done to track your phone also.

To Make in Work with Raspberry Pi

A GPS Module is connected to raspberry pi, which constantly updates the database with the current location

• wget "https://github.com/v-senthil/Device-Tracker-using-Flask"

• unzip the file

• Go to templates/tracker.html

• Change the Mapbox YOUR_API_KEY ( get it from https://account.mapbox.com/ )

• Run:

python3 main.py

• Go to http://127.0.0.1:5000/

• Enter Latitude and Longitude Value into Database (data.db)

syntax: INSERT INTO map VALUES (datetime('now','localtime'), LATITUDE, LONGITUDE)

INSERT INTO map VALUES (datetime('now','localtime'), 21.56463, 77.464734)

• See that the rocket image in the map changes the location according to the location you give

For using it all over the World

• Create an account at https://ngrok.com/

• Download ngrok according to your system

• Unzip the file and place it in your desired location

• Change directory to the place where ngrok file is present

• Run the below code with YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN which will be available in https://dashboard.ngrok.com/get-started/setup

 ./ngrok authtoken YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN 

• Run

./ngrok http 5000

• Copy the link and paste it in templates/track.html line 65 with an extension '/locationdata'

eg: var url = 'https://cfa635282g00.ngrok.io/locationdata';

Now the site in port 5000 is globally available all over the world

Output: