[Flask] Storage Context

[Ben Duncan]

Ok, looks like Flask-Cache maybe what I am looking for.
I will RTFM some more ...

Thanks ..

*Ben Duncan*
DBA / Chief Software Architect
Mississippi State Supreme Court
Electronic Filing Division


On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 9:49 AM Gergely Polonkai <gergely at polonkai.eu>
wrote:

> Thatʼs exactly what i found. That callable list thing is nothing i have
> heard before and canʼt really see a use case.
>
> The persistent dict thing is what Iʼd use a cache for, Flask-Caching or
> not.
>
> Best,
> Gergely
>
> On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, 16:45 Ben Duncan, <linux4ms at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Kinda sorta, more like a persistence dict / list
>>
>> Best documentation I could find describing it:
>>
>> Module storagesource code
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.storage-pysrc.html>
>>
>> This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
>> Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro at cs.depaul.edu>
>> License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
>>
>> Provides:
>>
>> - List; like list but returns None instead of IndexOutOfBounds
>> - Storage; like dictionary allowing also for `obj.foo` for `obj['foo']`
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Classes [hide private
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.storage-module.html#section-Classes>
>> ]
>>   List
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.storage.List-class.html>
>> Like a regular python list but a[i] if i is out of bounds return None
>> instead of IndexOutOfBounds
>>   Storage
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.storage.Storage-class.html>
>> A Storage object is like a dictionary except `obj.foo` can be used in
>> addition to `obj['foo']`.
>>   StorageList
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.storage.StorageList-class.html>
>> like Storage but missing elements default to [] instead of None
>>   Settings
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.storage.Settings-class.html>
>>   Messages
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.storage.Messages-class.html>
>> Functions [hide private
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.storage-module.html#section-Functions>
>> ]
>>
>> load_storage(filename) source code
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.storage-pysrc.html#load_storage>
>>
>> save_storage(storage, filename) source code
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.storage-pysrc.html#save_storage>
>>    Home
>> <http://gelfand.crbs.ucsd.edu/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon-module.html>
>>        Trees
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>>        Help
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>>
>>
>> *Ben Duncan*
>> DBA / Chief Software Architect
>> Mississippi State Supreme Court
>> Electronic Filing Division
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 8:26 AM Gergely Polonkai <gergely at polonkai.eu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I never used web2py, but from the documentation it looks like some basic
>>> caching functionality. If this is the case, you should check Flask-Caching
>>> (a fork of the unmaintained Flask-Cache). It can store the cache in memory
>>> or in a file, or connect to memcached, Redis, and a bunch of other storage
>>> backends.
>>>
>>> (Disclaimer: i’m one of the maintainers of that package).
>>>
>>> If, however, you don’t need a persistent(ish) cache, the simplest
>>> solution is probably to set g.my_storage to a dictionary and use the
>>> dictionary methods to access it.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Gergely
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> fös., 26. júl. 2019 kl. 13:16 skrifaði Ben Duncan <linux4ms at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Ok, I'm coming form web2py and adopting Flask
>>>> However, one of the things I had under web2py is a module called
>>>> Storage.
>>>> It worked much like a memcach database.
>>>>
>>>> See: https://web2py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/storage.html
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything like that in Flask?
>>>> I've adapted the storage module for my use in Flask, but I'd rather use
>>>> anything native
>>>> to Flask.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks ..
>>>>
>>>> *Ben Duncan*
>>>> DBA / Chief Software Architect
>>>> Mississippi State Supreme Court
>>>> Electronic Filing Division
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