Flask shell command based on Flask-Script to enhance its shell.
It will automatically use your favorite Python REPL shell instead of the default one. The order is BPython to ptiPython to IPython to ptPython to Python.
Since Flask 0.11 released with builtin CLI, you should use it instead, and it is also very easy.
eg. You want to use IPython>=5.0 to provide a friendly REPL, just add a command:
import os
import click
from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.cli.command()
def shell_plus():
from IPython import embed
embed(user_ns={'app': app, os: 'os'})Then run flask shell_plus as the document leads, you'll get a REPL with app and os already imported.
pip is suggested:
pip install flask_shellplusUse it with Flask-Script:
from flask_shellplus import Shell
def make_context():
return dict(app=app, db=db, models=models)
manager.add_command('shell', Shell(make_context=make_context))Run this in your shell:
python manage.py shellFlask-ShellPlus will find the first available one in BPython, ptiPython, IPython, ptPython, and Python.
Or you can manually define the preferred shell with flag --plain, --bpython, --ptipython, --ipython or --ptpython just like shell_plus in DjangoExtensions.
Enjoy it!