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Brad123
Brad123

Reputation: 944

Pass flask app data to other python scripts

I'm trying save and pass 'app' data to other python scripts. Currently I'm just copying and pasting the same code into relevant python scripts, but I was wondering if I could have 1 copy where I import it to other python scripts.

Directory layout:

For example:

from flask import Flask
from flask_mail import Mail, Message
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config["DEBUG"] = True
app.secret_key='secret_key'
app.config['MAIL_SERVER'] = "smtp.office365.com"
app.config['MAIL_PORT'] = 587
app.config['MAIL_USE_TLS'] = True
app.config['MAIL_USERNAME'] = 'username'
app.config['MAIL_PASSWORD'] = 'password'
mail = Mail(app)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 334

Answers (1)

Brady
Brady

Reputation: 419

When initializing the flask app set your configuration variables through a class object, using the config.from_object method, instead of direct assignment. Then if you need that config data in other files you just import the Config object and you can get the data you need. This method allows you to decouple the config variables from the application object.

(flask_app.py file)
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config.from_object('config.Config')



(config.py file)
class Config:
    MAIL_SERVER = "smtp.office365.com"
    MAIL_PORT = 587



(mail_stuff.py file)
from config import Config
my_new_mail_port_variable = Config.MAIL_PORT

Upvotes: 1

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