[Flask] Storage Context

[Ben Duncan]

Thansk for the info - I used :
pip install flask-caching , is that the right one?

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


On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 10:11 AM Gergely Polonkai <gergely at polonkai.eu>
wrote:

> If you are talking about https://github.com/thadeusb/Flask-cache, please
> be aware that that module is unmaintained for 5 years now. Flask-Caching (
> https://flask-caching.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) is a maintained fork of
> that project.
>
> On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, 17:07 Ben Duncan, <linux4ms at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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>
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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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gergely Polonkai
>>>>> [image: https://]about.me/gergely.polonkai
>>>>>
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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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