[Flask] Storage Context

Fri Jul 26 11:35:23 EDT 2019

Should be, yes. Have fun using it 😉

On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, 17:34 Ben Duncan, <linux4ms at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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>
> 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*
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>>>>>
>>>>> 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
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>>>>>>
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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
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