renamed app.py to __init__.py and changed start.sh to comply

mason-today/app.py → mason-today/__init__.py

+# flask imports
 from flask import Flask
 from flask import Response
+from flask import render_template
+
+# app imports
 from parscript import load_data
 from getconnectedscript import load_getconn_data
+
+# python imports
 import json
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
+
 @app.route("/")
 def display_default():
-    resp = Response(("Welcome to the masontoday API! Go to https://git.gmu.edu/srct/mason-today-web <br/><br/>"
-                    + "Feel free to go to /api/25live/ or /api/getconnected/ to find our api!").encode('utf-8'))
+    resp = render_template('welcomepage.html')
     return resp
 
+
 @app.route("/api/25live")
 def display_data():
-    resp = Response(json.dumps(load_data(), ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8'))
+    resp = Response(json.dumps(load_data(), ensure_ascii=False)
+                    .encode('utf-8'))
     resp.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
     return resp
 
 
 @app.route("/api/getconnected")
 def display_GC_data():
-    resp = Response(json.dumps(load_getconn_data(), ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8'))
+    resp = Response(json.dumps(load_getconn_data(), ensure_ascii=False)
+                    .encode('utf-8'))
     resp.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
     return resp

start.sh

 #!/bin/sh
-export FLASK_APP=mason-today/app.py
+export FLASK_APP=mason-today/__init__.py
 export FLASK_DEBUG=1
 flask run