Connect other flask with flask-unity

Apparently, there are alot of flask extensions currently, most of which are in PyPI, and more are about to exist from different communities of open source. With this flask-unity bring tricks on how to connect those other extensions with it.

Same thing with the docs of flask on how to connect other extensions, so no big deal.

Wondering on where to put such in your flask project created using flask-unity? Don’t worry! We get you!

The place (module) to put such is in your project sub-folder config.py file (<PROJECT_NAME>/<PROJECT_NAME>/config.py), making comparement with our schoolsite app it would be (schoolsite/schoolsite/config.py). Import the package at the top, then configure it within the create_app function outside the for loop, like so:

from flask_foo import Foo

foo = Foo()

def create_app(reg_blueprints=False, conf=Config):
    app = Flask(__name__)
    app.config.from_object(conf)
    app.app_context().push()
    for ext in ext_lst:
        ext.init_app(app)
    foo.init_app(app)

Example using Flask-Mail

Next configure it options in your project sub-folder secret.py file (<PROJECT_NAME>/<PROJECT_NAME>/secret.py), within the Config class, like:

MAIL_SERVER : 'smtp.gmail.com'
MAIL_PORT : 465
MAIL_USERNAME : developer
MAIL_PASSWORD : passwd123

Next load them within the load_env function like:

os.environ['FLASK_MAIL_SERVER'] = Config.MAIL_SERVER
os.environ['FLASK_MAIL_PORT'] = Config.MAIL_PORT
os.environ['FLASK_MAIL_USERNAME'] = Config.MAIL_USERNAME
os.environ['FLASK_MAIL_PASSWORD'] = Config.MAIL_PASSWORD

More docs on how to use flask-mail could be found here