xppl/xppl/__init__.py

import os
from os import environ

from dotenv import find_dotenv, load_dotenv
from flask import Flask
from flask_socketio import SocketIO
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from sqlalchemy.dialects import registry

registry.register(
    'rqlite.pyrqlite',
    'sqlalchemy_rqlite.pyrqlite',
    'dialect'
)

BASEDIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
UPLOAD_FOLDER = os.path.join(BASEDIR, 'uploads')
UPLOAD_FOLDER_COVER = os.path.join(BASEDIR, 'cover')

load_dotenv(find_dotenv())

app = Flask(__name__)

app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'super secret key'
app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = UPLOAD_FOLDER
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'rqlite+pyrqlite://localhost:4001/'
app.config['DEBUG'] = True
app.config['PORT'] = 80

db = SQLAlchemy(app)
light = not os.path.isdir(UPLOAD_FOLDER)
DOMAIN = environ.get('DOMAIN')
socketio = SocketIO(app)

app.config.from_object(__name__)

from xppl import views  # noqa