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flask_shell_command.py
@app.cli.command('shell', short_help='Runs a shell in the app context.')
def shell_command():
"""Runs an interactive Python shell in the context of a given
Flask application. The application will populate the default
namespace of this shell according to it's configuration.
This is useful for executing small snippets of management code
without having to manually configuring the application.
"""
import code
from flask.globals import _app_ctx_stack
app = _app_ctx_stack.top.app
banner = 'Python %s on %s\nApp: %s%s\nInstance: %s' % (
sys.version,
sys.platform,
app.import_name,
app.debug and ' [debug]' or '',
app.instance_path,
)
ctx = {}
ctx.update(app.make_shell_context())
try:
from IPython import embed
embed(banner1=banner, user_ns=ctx)
except ImportError:
code.interact(banner=banner, local=ctx)
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