Manage ASL magazines and their articles.
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asl-articles/run_server.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
""" Run the Flask backend server. """
import os
import threading
import urllib.request
import time
import glob
from flask import url_for
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# monitor extra files for changes
base_dir = os.path.abspath( os.path.join( os.path.dirname(__file__), "asl_articles" ) )
extra_files = []
for fspec in ["config","static","templates"] :
fspec = os.path.join( base_dir, fspec )
if os.path.isdir( fspec ):
files = [ os.path.join(fspec,f) for f in os.listdir(fspec) ]
files = [
f for f in files
if os.path.isfile(f) and os.path.splitext(f)[1] not in [".swp"]
]
else:
files = glob.glob( fspec )
extra_files.extend( files )
# initialize
from asl_articles import app
flask_host = app.config.get( "FLASK_HOST", "localhost" )
flask_port = app.config.get( "FLASK_PORT_NO", 5000 )
flask_debug = app.config.get( "FLASK_DEBUG", False )
# FUDGE! Startup can take some time (e.g. because we have to build the search index over a large database),
# and since we do that on first request, it's annoying to have started the server up, if we don't do that
# first request immediately, the server sits there idling, when it could be doing that startup initialization,
# and we then have to wait when we eventually do that first request.
# We fix this by doing the first request ourself here (something harmless).
def _force_init():
time.sleep( 5 )
try:
# figure out the URL for the request we're going to make
with app.test_request_context() as req:
url = url_for( "ping" )
host = req.request.host_url
if host.endswith( "/" ):
host = host[:-1]
url = "{}:{}{}".format( host, flask_port, url )
# make the request
with urllib.request.urlopen( url ) as resp:
_ = resp.read()
except Exception as ex: #pylint: disable=broad-except
print( "WARNING: Startup ping failed: {}".format( ex ) )
threading.Thread( target=_force_init ).start()
# run the server
if flask_debug:
# NOTE: It's useful to run the webapp using the Flask development server, since it will
# automatically reload itself when the source files change.
app.run(
host=flask_host, port=flask_port,
debug=flask_debug,
extra_files=extra_files
)
else:
import waitress
# FUDGE! Browsers tend to send a max. of 6-8 concurrent requests per server, so we increase
# the number of worker threads to avoid task queue warnings :-/
nthreads = app.config.get( "WAITRESS_THREADS", 8 )
waitress.serve( app,
host=flask_host, port=flask_port,
threads=nthreads
)