codesmidgen/stickynotes/__init__.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
StickyNotes, yet another paste bin
"""
from configparser import ConfigParser
from pathlib import Path

from flask import Flask

from stickynotes.db import db
from stickynotes.views import views


def read_config(config_path=None):
    """
    Read the configuration file and return the values in a dictionary
    """
    if config_path:
        config_file = config_path / 'stickynotes.cfg'
    else:
        config_file = Path(__file__).parent / '..' / 'stickynotes.cfg'
    config_parser = ConfigParser()
    config_parser.read(config_file)
    config = {}
    for option in config_parser.options('stickynotes'):
        config[option.upper()] = config_parser.get('stickynotes', option)
    return config


def make_app(config_path=None):
    """
    Create the application object
    """
    app = Flask(__name__)
    # Load the config file
    config = read_config(config_path)
    app.config.update(config)
    app.config.update({'SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS': False})
    db.init_app(app)
    with app.app_context():
        db.create_all()
    app.register_blueprint(views)
    return app