# Welcome to the Quart-Imp Documentation
## What is Quart-Imp?
Quart-Imp's main purpose is to help simplify the importing of blueprints, and resources. It has a few extra
features built in to help with securing pages and password authentication.
## Install Quart-Imp
```bash
pip install quart-imp
```
## Getting Started
To get started right away, you can use the CLI commands to create a new Quart-Imp project.
```bash
quart-imp init
```
### Minimal Quart-Imp Setup
Run the following command to create a minimal Quart-Imp project.
```bash
quart-imp init -n app --minimal
```
See [CLI Commands / quart-imp init](cli_commands-quart-imp_init.html) for more information.
### The minimal structure
#### Folder Structure
```text
app/
├── resources/
│ ├── static/...
│ ├── templates/
│ │ └── index.html
│ └── index.py
└── __init__.py
```
File: `app/__init__.py`
```python
from quart import Quart
from quart_imp import Imp
from quart_imp.config import QuartConfig, ImpConfig
imp = Imp()
def create_app():
app = Quart(__name__, static_url_path="/")
QuartConfig(
secret_key="secret_key",
app_instance=app
)
imp.init_app(app, ImpConfig())
imp.import_app_resources()
# Takes argument 'folder' default folder is 'resources'
return app
```
File: `app/resources/routes.py`
```python
from quart import current_app as app
from quart import render_template
@app.route("/")
async def index():
return await render_template("index.html")
```
File: `app/resources/templates/index.html`
```html
Quart-Imp
Quart-Imp
```
---
Setting up a virtual environment is recommended.
**Linux / Darwin**
```bash
python3 -m venv venv
```
```bash
source venv/bin/activate
```
**Windows**
```bash
python -m venv venv
```
```text
.\venv\Scripts\activate
```