data_logger.add_item(**item)
except ItemExistsError as e:
abort(make_error_response(e.message, 422))
return jsonify(item), 201
@app.route("/items/<name>", methods=["DELETE"])
def delete_item(name):
"""delete the item with the given name"""
global data_logger
try:
data_logger.delete_item(name)
return jsonify({"result": True})
except KeyError as e:
return make_error_response(e.message, 404)
if __name__ == "__main__":
data_logger.load_config("data_logger_config.json")
# run the data logger in a thread, concurrently with the Flask service app
data_logger_thread = Thread(target=data_logger.run)
# We haven't implemented a way to stop the data logger yet so make it
# a daemon thread so it quits immediately when the main thread stops.
data_logger_thread.daemon = True
data_logger_thread.start()
# run the flask app in the main thread
app.run(debug=True)
