Redefine app as factory function

app/__init__.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from config import Config
+import os
 import logging
+
 from logging.handlers import SMTPHandler
 from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
-import os
 
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_bootstrap import Bootstrap
@@ -11,19 +11,28 @@ from flask_migrate import Migrate
 from flask_login import LoginManager
 from flask_moment import Moment
 
+from config import Config
 
-app = Flask(__name__)
-app.config.from_object(Config)
-bootstrap = Bootstrap(app)
-db = SQLAlchemy(app)
-migrate = Migrate(app, db)
-login = LoginManager(app)
+db = SQLAlchemy()
+bootstrap = Bootstrap()
+migrate = Migrate()
+login = LoginManager()
 login.login_view = 'login'
-moment = Moment(app)
+login.login_message = 'Please log in to access this page.'
+moment = Moment()
 
-from app import routes, models, errors
+def create_app(config_class=Config):
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
+    app = Flask(__name__)
+    app.config.from_object(config_class)
+
+    db.init_app(app)
+    bootstrap.init_app(app)
+    migrate.init_app(app, db)
+    login.init_app(app)
+    moment.init_app(app)
 
-if not app.debug and not app.testing:
+    if not app.debug and not app.testing:
         if app.config['MAIL_SERVER']:
             auth = None
             if app.config['MAIL_USERNAME'] or app.config['MAIL_PASSWORD']:
@@ -57,3 +66,7 @@ if not app.debug and not app.testing:
 
         app.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
         app.logger.info('Microblog startup')
+
+    return app
+
+from app import routes, models, errors

tests/test_routes.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class RoutesCase(unittest.TestCase):
         g.players.append(p2)
         db.session.append(g)
         db.session.commit()
-        self.assertEqual
+        self.assertEqual(True, True)
         self.assertFalse('Foo'.isupper())
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

the_hunt.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-from app import app, db
+from app import create_app, db
 from app.models import Game, Player, Objective, Location, Notification, GamePlayer, \
     PlayerFoundObjective, NotificationPlayer, PlayerCaughtPlayer, Role, GameState
 
+app = create_app()
+
 @app.shell_context_processor
 def make_shell_context():
     return {'db': db, 'Game' : Game, 'Player' : Player, 'Objective' : Objective,