Implemented simplified CLI interface

Makefile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 all: clean-pyc test
 
 test:
-	py.test tests examples
+	FLASK_DEBUG= py.test tests examples
 
 tox-test:
 	tox

flask/app.py

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException, InternalServerError, \
      MethodNotAllowed, BadRequest, default_exceptions
 
 from .helpers import _PackageBoundObject, url_for, get_flashed_messages, \
-     locked_cached_property, _endpoint_from_view_func, find_package
+     locked_cached_property, _endpoint_from_view_func, find_package, \
+     get_debug_flag
 from . import json, cli
 from .wrappers import Request, Response
 from .config import ConfigAttribute, Config
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ class Flask(_PackageBoundObject):
 
     #: Default configuration parameters.
     default_config = ImmutableDict({
-        'DEBUG':                                False,
+        'DEBUG':                                get_debug_flag(default=False),
         'TESTING':                              False,
         'PROPAGATE_EXCEPTIONS':                 None,
         'PRESERVE_CONTEXT_ON_EXCEPTION':        None,

flask/cli.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from functools import update_wrapper
 import click
 
 from ._compat import iteritems, reraise
+from .helpers import get_debug_flag
 
 
 class NoAppException(click.UsageError):
@@ -98,6 +99,15 @@ def locate_app(app_id):
     return app
 
 
+def find_default_import_path():
+    app = os.environ.get('FLASK_APP')
+    if app is None:
+        return
+    if os.path.isfile(app):
+        return prepare_exec_for_file(app)
+    return app
+
+
 class DispatchingApp(object):
     """Special application that dispatches to a flask application which
     is imported by name in a background thread.  If an error happens
@@ -158,12 +168,13 @@ class ScriptInfo(object):
     to click.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, app_import_path=None, debug=None, create_app=None):
+    def __init__(self, app_import_path=None, create_app=None):
-        #: The application import path
+        if create_app is None:
-        self.app_import_path = app_import_path
+            if app_import_path is None:
-        #: The debug flag.  If this is not None, the application will
+                app_import_path = find_default_import_path()
-        #: automatically have it's debug flag overridden with this value.
+            self.app_import_path = app_import_path
-        self.debug = debug
+        else:
+            self.app_import_path = None
         #: Optionally a function that is passed the script info to create
         #: the instance of the application.
         self.create_app = create_app
@@ -185,11 +196,12 @@ class ScriptInfo(object):
         else:
             if self.app_import_path is None:
                 raise NoAppException('Could not locate Flask application. '
-                                     'You did not provide FLASK_APP or the '
+                                     'You did not provide the FLASK_APP '
-                                     '--app parameter.')
+                                     'environment variable.')
             rv = locate_app(self.app_import_path)
-        if self.debug is not None:
+        debug = get_debug_flag()
-            rv.debug = self.debug
+        if debug is not None:
+            rv.debug = debug
         self._loaded_app = rv
         return rv
 
@@ -210,29 +222,6 @@ def with_appcontext(f):
     return update_wrapper(decorator, f)
 
 
-def set_debug_value(ctx, param, value):
-    ctx.ensure_object(ScriptInfo).debug = value
-
-
-def set_app_value(ctx, param, value):
-    if value is not None:
-        if os.path.isfile(value):
-            value = prepare_exec_for_file(value)
-        elif '.' not in sys.path:
-            sys.path.insert(0, '.')
-    ctx.ensure_object(ScriptInfo).app_import_path = value
-
-
-debug_option = click.Option(['--debug/--no-debug'],
-    help='Enable or disable debug mode.',
-    default=None, callback=set_debug_value)
-
-
-app_option = click.Option(['-a', '--app'],
-    help='The application to run',
-    callback=set_app_value, is_eager=True)
-
-
 class AppGroup(click.Group):
     """This works similar to a regular click :class:`~click.Group` but it
     changes the behavior of the :meth:`command` decorator so that it
@@ -273,25 +262,12 @@ class FlaskGroup(AppGroup):
 
     :param add_default_commands: if this is True then the default run and
                                  shell commands wil be added.
-    :param add_app_option: adds the default :option:`--app` option.  This gets
-                           automatically disabled if a `create_app`
-                           callback is defined.
-    :param add_debug_option: adds the default :option:`--debug` option.
     :param create_app: an optional callback that is passed the script info
                        and returns the loaded app.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, add_default_commands=True, add_app_option=None,
+    def __init__(self, add_default_commands=True, create_app=None, **extra):
-                 add_debug_option=True, create_app=None, **extra):
+        AppGroup.__init__(self, **extra)
-        params = list(extra.pop('params', None) or ())
-        if add_app_option is None:
-            add_app_option = create_app is None
-        if add_app_option:
-            params.append(app_option)
-        if add_debug_option:
-            params.append(debug_option)
-
-        AppGroup.__init__(self, params=params, **extra)
         self.create_app = create_app
 
         if add_default_commands:
@@ -342,33 +318,6 @@ class FlaskGroup(AppGroup):
         return AppGroup.main(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def script_info_option(*args, **kwargs):
-    """This decorator works exactly like :func:`click.option` but is eager
-    by default and stores the value in the :attr:`ScriptInfo.data`.  This
-    is useful to further customize an application factory in very complex
-    situations.
-
-    :param script_info_key: this is a mandatory keyword argument which
-                            defines under which data key the value should
-                            be stored.
-    """
-    try:
-        key = kwargs.pop('script_info_key')
-    except LookupError:
-        raise TypeError('script_info_key not provided.')
-
-    real_callback = kwargs.get('callback')
-    def callback(ctx, param, value):
-        if real_callback is not None:
-            value = real_callback(ctx, value)
-        ctx.ensure_object(ScriptInfo).data[key] = value
-        return value
-
-    kwargs['callback'] = callback
-    kwargs.setdefault('is_eager', True)
-    return click.option(*args, **kwargs)
-
-
 @click.command('run', short_help='Runs a development server.')
 @click.option('--host', '-h', default='127.0.0.1',
               help='The interface to bind to.')
@@ -400,10 +349,12 @@ def run_command(info, host, port, reload, debugger, eager_loading,
     Flask is enabled and disabled otherwise.
     """
     from werkzeug.serving import run_simple
+
+    debug = get_debug_flag()
     if reload is None:
-        reload = info.debug
+        reload = bool(debug)
     if debugger is None:
-        debugger = info.debug
+        debugger = bool(debug)
     if eager_loading is None:
         eager_loading = not reload
 
@@ -418,12 +369,9 @@ def run_command(info, host, port, reload, debugger, eager_loading,
         # we won't print anything.
         if info.app_import_path is not None:
             print(' * Serving Flask app "%s"' % info.app_import_path)
-        if info.debug is not None:
-            print(' * Forcing debug %s' % (info.debug and 'on' or 'off'))
 
     run_simple(host, port, app, use_reloader=reload,
-               use_debugger=debugger, threaded=with_threads,
+               use_debugger=debugger, threaded=with_threads)
-               passthrough_errors=True)
 
 
 @click.command('shell', short_help='Runs a shell in the app context.')
@@ -464,15 +412,21 @@ cli = FlaskGroup(help="""\
 This shell command acts as general utility script for Flask applications.
 
 It loads the application configured (either through the FLASK_APP environment
-variable or the --app parameter) and then provides commands either provided
+variable) and then provides commands either provided by the application or
-by the application or Flask itself.
+Flask itself.
 
 The most useful commands are the "run" and "shell" command.
 
 Example usage:
 
-  flask --app=hello --debug run
+\b
-""")
+  %(prefix)s%(cmd)s FLASK_APP=hello
+  %(prefix)s%(cmd)s FLASK_DEBUG=1
+  %(prefix)sflask run
+""" % {
+    'cmd': os.name == 'posix' and 'export' or 'set',
+    'prefix': os.name == 'posix' and '$ ' or '',
+})
 
 
 def main(as_module=False):

flask/helpers.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import sys
 import pkgutil
 import posixpath
 import mimetypes
-from datetime import timedelta
 from time import time
 from zlib import adler32
 from threading import RLock
@@ -54,6 +53,13 @@ _os_alt_seps = list(sep for sep in [os.path.sep, os.path.altsep]
                     if sep not in (None, '/'))
 
 
+def get_debug_flag(default=None):
+    val = os.environ.get('FLASK_DEBUG')
+    if not val:
+        return default
+    return val not in ('0', 'false', 'no')
+
+
 def _endpoint_from_view_func(view_func):
     """Internal helper that returns the default endpoint for a given
     function.  This always is the function name.

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from click.testing import CliRunner
 from flask import Flask, current_app
 
 from flask.cli import AppGroup, FlaskGroup, NoAppException, ScriptInfo, \
-    find_best_app, locate_app, script_info_option, with_appcontext
+    find_best_app, locate_app, with_appcontext
 
 
 def test_cli_name(test_apps):
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ def test_flaskgroup():
         return Flask("flaskgroup")
 
     @click.group(cls=FlaskGroup, create_app=create_app)
-    @script_info_option('--config', script_info_key='config')
     def cli(**params):
         pass