import os import json import shutil import mysql.connector # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Global variables that is None by default and gets overwritten in other modules app = None # main.py -> Flask App sql_conn = None # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Global variables that initializes on first load of module if not os.path.isfile("config.json"): print("`config.json` were not found! Copying default_config and continuing...") shutil.copy("default_config.json", "config.json") with open("config.json", "r") as f: config = json.load(f) def make_sql_connection(): return mysql.connector.connect(**config["mysql"]) def get_sql_connection(): global sql_conn if sql_conn is None or not sql_conn.is_connected(): sql_conn = make_sql_connection() return sql_conn