app.py

from flask import Flask,render_template,request
import os

app = Flask(__name__)
APP_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))   # refers to application_top
APP_STATIC = os.path.join(APP_ROOT, 'static')

@app.route('/')
def init():
	return open('index.html').read()

@app.route('/someLink', methods=['POST','GET'])
def someLink():
	print "Reached Python code finally!"
	print request.data;
	print request.args;
	print request.form;
	print request.files;
	print request.values;
	return "Batman"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host='localhost', port=8080)