def create_app(config):
"""
This method is a factory for our Flask app which configures all the
necessary behavior and register all the blueprints.
All our views should belong to a blueprint and the blueprints mounted on
the main App.
To run our application you need only to instantiate a app using this
function, given a config object, and call its run method.
example:
datalog_app = create_app(my_config_obj)
datalog_app.run()
"""
app = Flask('datalog')
app.config.from_object(config)
db = config.get_db()
def call_end_request(response):
"""
flush pending mongodb requests
and return the connection to the poll
"""
db.connection.end_request()
return response
def add_db_to_request():
"""
makes possible to access the db directly from any view
(possible, but **not encouraged**, avoid doing this)
"""
g.db = db
def permanet_sessions():
"""
makes the session persistent for
PERMANENT_SESSION_LIFETIME
"""
session.permanent = True
app.before_request(add_db_to_request)
app.before_request(permanet_sessions)
app.after_request(call_end_request)
# register blueprints
app.register_blueprint(app_views)
connect_models(config)
return app
def create_app(config):
"""
This method is a factory for our Flask app which configures all the
necessary behavior and register all the blueprints.
All our views should belong to a blueprint and the blueprints mounted on
the main App.
To run our application you need only to instantiate a app using this
function, given a config object, and call its run method.
example:
komoo_app = create_app(my_config_obj)
komoo_app.run()
"""
app = Flask('komoo')
app.config.from_object(config)
db = config.get_db()
# flush pending mongodb requests
def call_end_request(response):
db.connection.end_request()
return response
# makes possible to access the db directly from any view
# (possible, but **not encouraged**, avoid doing this)
def add_db_to_request():
g.db = db
app.before_request(add_db_to_request)
app.after_request(call_end_request)
# register all blueprints
for bp in blueprints:
app.register_blueprint(bp[0], url_prefix=bp[1])
return app
