Outlook-Addin-TaskPane-python

Template to get start started writing a TaskPane Outlook Add-in using python for the backend

This template is a modified version of the office Addin taskpane JS repository here: https://github.com/OfficeDev/Office-Addin-TaskPane-JS with a combination of the python webapp repository from here: https://github.com/Azure-Samples/python-docs-hello-world. The html files are placed in the Templates folder while the assests pictures, javascript files, and css files are placed in the static folder. This is to help flask know where html, css, and javascript files would be.

Version Updates

• 1.0.0.1 - Integrated https into development build using office-addin-dev-certs. We re-wrote the office-addin-dev-certs from typescript to python.
• 1.0.0.0 - Initial release

Test webapp before deployment

You can run flask locally for development

1. Download the zip or use git clone https://github.com/Masterjx9/Outlook-Addin-TaskPane-python.git then go to the root of the folder and perform the following commands:

py -3 -m venv .venv
.venv\scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

2. In cmd, vscode, or powershell, go to the root of your folder and type python app.py
3. Go to OWA and add your maniest.xml. There are multiple methods dependings on your permissions and rights to your azure ad -

• If you are an admin: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/quebec-employee-service-management/page/product/workplace-reservations-outlook-addin/task/upload-the-manifest-file-office365.html
  
  

• If you are a normal user:
  

  • Go to this link: https://aka.ms/olksideload
    
  • From the “Custom Add-ins” pop-up click the “My Add-ins” tab
    
  • On the “My Add-ins” tab scroll down to bottom of the page and click the “+ Add a Custom Add-in link.
    
  • In the older version of Outlook web you may have to go to Add-in management is available under “Settings” > “Manage Add-Ins” > “Custom Add-ins” > “My Add-ins” > “+ Add a Custom Add-in”
  • select file and chose your manifest_python.xml file, then choose install

Note - You will have to change your manifest file to the hosting url later. So you will have to remove and readd the new manifest file later on.

Deploy the sample

Follow the same instructions given from the microsoft website: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/quickstart-python?tabs=powershell&pivots=python-framework-flask#deploy-the-sample

Once the sample is deployed, test your webapp's urls to make sure they work. After, you can modify the manifest_python.xml to route all https://localhost:5000 urls to your own hosted url.