Hello everyone! I just wrote an extremely simply single-page tool using just HTML and Flask to convert google maps links to Osmand.net links, and I would like to host it somewhere.
I don’t need any fancy bells and whistles, as long as it supports Flask as a backend.
Im no web developer, so I haven’t actually hosted my own page anywhere before. As such, simplicity of use and setup is quite important. For example if it allows me to also buy the domain in the same platform thats good.
While I use Flask, there is no data being stored. All the flask app does is take the link given by the user, convert it to the osmand.net format, and return it. Super simple!
I looked on buy-european.net and found Infomaniak Web Hosting. I quite like the fact that they use 100% renewable energy to power their servers according to the page above, but I’m not sure if it would be the best option given how inexperienced with all this I am.
Would love to hear your suggestions! Thanks
Edit: Ended up going with hetzner. Site is pretty much set up right now.
It has some screen-reader support (still need to get it tested by visually impaired people), and is also set up so that you can install it as a PWA on your mobile device (add to home screen).
Here is the github repo: https://github.com/promitheas17j/gmaps2osm
I would really appreciate any feedback from experienced and not so experienced web developers alike :D
I maintain several Hetzner VPS (virtual cloud servers). Basic Ubuntu servers with whatever service stack I need. You can easily protect your virtual hardware with the free Hetzner firewall from the cloud admin panel - which will make sure to only let in traffic through the ports you define.
Really competitive pricing and work well. Can not complain.
You don’t need to pay for your certificate. Nowadays Letsencrypt is almost the standard for web certificates, as they are trusted and readily available for free. Really widespread all over the internet.