gui.py

import sys
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets, QtGui, QtWebEngineWidgets


class ApplicationThread(QtCore.QThread):
    def __init__(self, application, port=5000):
        super(ApplicationThread, self).__init__()
        self.application = application
        self.port = port

    def __del__(self):
        self.wait()

    def run(self):
        self.application.run(port=self.port, threaded=True)


class WebPage(QtWebEngineWidgets.QWebEnginePage):
    def __init__(self, root_url):
        super(WebPage, self).__init__()
        self.root_url = root_url

    def home(self):
        self.load(QtCore.QUrl(self.root_url))

    def acceptNavigationRequest(self, url, kind, is_main_frame):
        """Open external links in browser and internal links in the webview"""
        ready_url = url.toEncoded().data().decode()
        is_clicked = kind == self.NavigationTypeLinkClicked
        if is_clicked and self.root_url not in ready_url:
            QtGui.QDesktopServices.openUrl(url)
            return False
        return super(WebPage, self).acceptNavigationRequest(url, kind, is_main_frame)


def init_gui(application, port=5000, width=800, height=800,
             window_title="Basic Basketball Simulation", icon="appicon.ico", argv=None):
    if argv is None:
        argv = sys.argv

    # Application Level
    qtapp = QtWidgets.QApplication(argv)
    webapp = ApplicationThread(application, port)
    webapp.start()
    qtapp.aboutToQuit.connect(webapp.terminate)

    # Main Window Level
    window = QtWidgets.QMainWindow()
    window.resize(width, height)
    window.setWindowTitle(window_title)
    window.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon(icon))

    # WebView Level
    webView = QtWebEngineWidgets.QWebEngineView(window)
    window.setCentralWidget(webView)

    # WebPage Level
    page = WebPage('http://localhost:{}'.format(port))
    page.home()
    webView.setPage(page)

    window.show()
    return qtapp.exec_()