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# Vercel Python Runtime
You can find the project source code on GitHub.
This quickstart uses django but you can easily adapt it to Flask, FastAPI or plain Python, see [Vercel Python Templates](https://vercel.com/templates?framework=python).
### Project Setup
Let's create a new django application from Vercel's template.
```shell theme={null}
npx create-next-app vercel-django --example "https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/python/django"
cd vercel-django
```
### Environment Setup
The template manages its dependencies with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/). Add `upstash-redis` and install everything:
```shell theme={null}
uv add upstash-redis
```
### Database Setup
Create a Redis database using [Upstash Console](https://console.upstash.com) or [Upstash CLI](https://github.com/upstash/cli) and export `UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL` and `UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN` to your environment.
```shell theme={null}
export UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL=
export UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN=
```
### View Setup
Update `/example/views.py`:
```py /example/views.py theme={null}
from django.http import HttpResponse
from upstash_redis import Redis
redis = Redis.from_env()
def index(request):
count = redis.incr('counter')
html = f'''
Counter: { count }
'''
return HttpResponse(html)
```
### Run & Deploy
Run the app locally:
```shell theme={null}
uv run python manage.py runserver
```
Check `http://localhost:8000/`
Deploy your app with `vercel`
Set `UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL`, `UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN` and `DJANGO_SECRET_KEY` in your project's Settings -> Environment Variables. You can generate a secret key with:
```shell theme={null}
uv run python -c 'from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key; print(get_random_secret_key())'
```
Redeploy from Deployments tab.
You can also integrate your Vercel projects with Upstash using Vercel
Integration module. Check [this article](../howto/vercelintegration).