flask-core 1.0.0

A modular Flask core for CTF war-games, originally created for CS6443

Flask Core

This is a reusable core used to back COMP6443 applications.

Overview

Flask Core is intended to be an installable Pip package to which Flask blueprints can be attached to.

Configuration Variables

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Config Environment Variables

Flask Core accepts some configuration through environment variables.

FLAG

FLAG_SECRET

DB_CONNECTION_STRING

Required

URI used to connect to a database.

Example:

postgres://root:root@localhost/test

FLASK_CORE_CONFIG

Default: None

When pointed to a valid pyconf file, this sets the contained options within Flask and Flask Core.

Example pyconf:

THEME = "flatly"
TITLE = "A Title"

FLASK_CORE_ENABLE_AUTH

Default: True

Enforces user authentication.

FLASK_CORE_ENABLE_ISOLATION

Default: True

Isolates each user's database connection. Depends on user's authentication to function.