This is the frontend for the Open Shop Channel, loaded via the embedded Opera browser in the Wii Shop Channel. It acts as a catalog for OSC's database, querying its API and providing Wii-specific components where necessary.
WSC-Web is intended to be a standard Flask application.
By default, the frontend will be exposed over TLS. In order to test the default configuration, you will need to provide a cert.pem and key.pem. It is possible to generate certificates, alongside patching them into the Wii Shop Channel, via WSC-Patcher.
You can typically start the frontend with the following steps:
- Configure a virtual environment. For example,
python3 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate - Install the requirements.
pip3 install -r requirements.txt - Copy
config.py.exampletoconfig.py, and edit accordingly. - Run via
app.py.python3 app.py
By default, EC-related requests (the backing API to download titles) will be disabled when run individually.
Consider starting this server via flask run for development, or gunicorn if in production.
Ensure you have tested all changes via the Wii Shop Channel, either on Dolphin or a physical Wii/vWii. Please do not make changes to translations directly - they will be periodically synced from translations elsewhere.
- https://caniuse.com is an excellent resource to see whether a property is available for usage with Opera 8.
- Consult the WSC documentation for information about Nintendo's exposed JavaScript APIs.