config.py

# the essense of creating a configuration setting app seperately
# from the other files or the file that was used to create application
# is for the pirpose of simplicity. and best practice.


# so we import os
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
load_dotenv(os.path.join(basedir, '.env'))


# creating a configuration class
class Config(object):
    SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY') or 'joseph'

    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get('DATABASE_URL') or 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(basedir, 'app.db')
    # SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'mysql://user1:Praise@1234@localhost/microblog'
    SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False  # to disable the feature of flasSQAlcheny that signals apllication each time a change is made

    MAIL_SERVER = os.environ.get('MAIL_SERVER')
    MAIL_PORT = int(os.environ.get('MAIL_PORT') or 25)
    MAIL_USE_TLS = os.environ.get('MAIL_USE_TLS') is not None
    MAIL_USERNAME = os.environ.get('MAIL_USERNAME')
    MAIL_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('MAIL_PASSWORD')
    ADMINS = ['josephemmanuel96@gmail.com']

    POSTS_PER_PAGE = 6
    USERS_PER_PAGE = 6
    LANGUAGES = ['en', 'es']
    # ELASTICSEARCH_URL = os.environ.get('ELASTICSEARCH_URL')
    LOG_TO_STDOUT = os.environ.get('LOG_TO_STDOUT')


class Development_config(Config):
    DEBUG = True
    SQLALCHEMY_ECHO = True


class Production_config(Config):
    DEBUG = False