init() — flask Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the __init__() function in cli.py from the flask codebase.

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  36bfda2d_4c0b_0fa1_7108_9f786fa1b2bc["get_load_dotenv()"]
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Source Code

src/flask/cli.py lines 305–331

    def __init__(
        self,
        app_import_path: str | None = None,
        create_app: t.Callable[..., Flask] | None = None,
        set_debug_flag: bool = True,
        load_dotenv_defaults: bool = True,
    ) -> None:
        #: Optionally the import path for the Flask application.
        self.app_import_path = app_import_path
        #: Optionally a function that is passed the script info to create
        #: the instance of the application.
        self.create_app = create_app
        #: A dictionary with arbitrary data that can be associated with
        #: this script info.
        self.data: dict[t.Any, t.Any] = {}
        self.set_debug_flag = set_debug_flag

        self.load_dotenv_defaults = get_load_dotenv(load_dotenv_defaults)
        """Whether default ``.flaskenv`` and ``.env`` files should be loaded.

        ``ScriptInfo`` doesn't load anything, this is for reference when doing
        the load elsewhere during processing.

        .. versionadded:: 3.1
        """

        self._loaded_app: Flask | None = None