gridappsd/glimpse-backend repository overview

⁠GLIMPSE Backend

Flask + SocketIO backend for GLIMPSE⁠, a graph-based desktop application to visualize and update GridLAB-D power grid models.

This image serves the GLIMPSE API and connects to a GridAPPS-D broker and a Blazegraph SPARQL endpoint for CIM model loads. Pair it with the gridappsd/glimpse-frontend image using the project's docker-compose.yml⁠.

⁠Quick start

git clone http://github.com/pnnl/GLIMPSE
cd GLIMPSE
docker compose up --build

⁠Configuration

Key environment variables:

• FLASK_HOST / FLASK_PORT - bind address and port (default 0.0.0.0:5052)
• CORS_ORIGINS - comma-separated allowed browser origins
• GLIMPSE_API_TOKEN - shared bearer token for API/socket auth
• GRIDAPPSD_ADDRESS, GRIDAPPSD_PORT, GRIDAPPSD_USER, GRIDAPPSD_PASSWORD - GridAPPS-D broker connection
• CIMG_URL - Blazegraph SPARQL endpoint (derived from GRIDAPPSD_ADDRESS if unset)

See the README⁠ for full details.