flask_app.py add a route to your getStatus method
...@app.route("/myStatus")def getStatus(): state = database().getState() if state: status = " On" else: status = "Off" return status ...page.html use ajax callbacks to populate the div with jquery(or something else if you want)
...<span id="sysStatus" style="font-weight: bold;">{{ status }}</span>......<script>$(document).ready(function() { setInterval("ajaxd()",10000); // call every 10 seconds});function ajaxd() { //reload result into element with id "sysStatus" $("#sysStatus").load("/myStatus", function() { alert( "Load was performed." ); });}</script>...