flask.cli FlaskGroup Example Code

FlaskGroup is a class within the flask.cli module of the Flask project. FlaskGroup is a subclass of AppGroup that provides for loading more commands from a configured Flask app. Generally, only advanced use cases will need to use this class.

AppGroup, DispatchingApp, ScriptInfo, pass_script_info, and with_appcontext are several other callables with code examples from the same flask.cli package.

Example 1 from FlaskBB

FlaskBB (project website) is a Flask-based forum web application. The web app allows users to chat in an open message board or send private messages in plain text or Markdown.

FlaskBB is provided as open source under this license.

FlaskBB / flaskbb / cli / main.py

# main.py
import binascii
import logging
import os
import sys
import time
import traceback
from datetime import datetime

import click
from flask import current_app
from flask.cli import FlaskGroup, ScriptInfo, with_appcontext
from flask_alembic import alembic_click
from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
from sqlalchemy_utils.functions import database_exists
from werkzeug.utils import import_string

from flaskbb import create_app
from flaskbb.cli.utils import (
    EmailType,
    FlaskBBCLIError,
    get_version,
    prompt_config_path,
    prompt_save_user,
    write_config,
)
from flaskbb.extensions import alembic, celery, db, whooshee
from flaskbb.utils.populate import (
    create_default_groups,
    create_default_settings,
    create_latest_db,
    create_test_data,
    create_welcome_forum,
    insert_bulk_data,
    run_plugin_migrations,
    update_settings_from_fixture,
)
from flaskbb.utils.translations import compile_translations


logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


class FlaskBBGroup(FlaskGroup):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(FlaskBBGroup, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self._loaded_flaskbb_plugins = False

    def _load_flaskbb_plugins(self, ctx):
        if self._loaded_flaskbb_plugins:
            return

        try:
            app = ctx.ensure_object(ScriptInfo).load_app()
            app.pluggy.hook.flaskbb_cli(cli=self, app=app)
            self._loaded_flaskbb_plugins = True
        except Exception:
            logger.error(
                "Error while loading CLI Plugins", exc_info=traceback.format_exc()
            )
        else:
            shell_context_processors = app.pluggy.hook.flaskbb_shell_context()
            for p in shell_context_processors:
                app.shell_context_processor(p)

    def get_command(self, ctx, name):
        self._load_flaskbb_plugins(ctx)
        return super(FlaskBBGroup, self).get_command(ctx, name)


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Example 2 from indico

indico (project website, documentation and sandbox demo) is a Flask-based web app for event management. The code is open sourced under the MIT license.

indico / indico / cli / util.py

# util.py

import traceback
from importlib import import_module

import click
from flask.cli import AppGroup, FlaskGroup, ScriptInfo
from flask_pluginengine import wrap_in_plugin_context
from werkzeug.utils import cached_property




def _create_app(info):
    from indico.web.flask.app import make_app
    return make_app()


class IndicoFlaskGroup(FlaskGroup):

    def __init__(self, **extra):
        super().__init__(create_app=_create_app, add_default_commands=False, add_version_option=False,
                         set_debug_flag=False, **extra)
        self._indico_plugin_commands = None

    def _load_plugin_commands(self):
        assert False

    def _wrap_in_plugin_context(self, plugin, cmd):
        cmd.callback = wrap_in_plugin_context(plugin, cmd.callback)
        for subcmd in getattr(cmd, 'commands', {}).values():
            self._wrap_in_plugin_context(plugin, subcmd)

    def _get_indico_plugin_commands(self, ctx):
        if self._indico_plugin_commands is not None:
            return self._indico_plugin_commands
        try:
            from indico.core import signals
            from indico.util.signals import named_objects_from_signal
            ctx.ensure_object(ScriptInfo).load_app()
            cmds = named_objects_from_signal(signals.plugin.cli.send(), plugin_attr='_indico_plugin')
            rv = {}
            for name, cmd in cmds.items():


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