Is it possible to run a function before the first request to a specific blueprint
?
@my_blueprint.before_first_request
def init_my_blueprint():
print 'yes'
Currently this will yield the following error:
AttributeError: 'Blueprint' object has no attribute 'before_first_request'
The Blueprint equivalent is called @Blueprint.before_app_first_request
:
@my_blueprint.before_app_first_request
def init_my_blueprint():
print('yes')
The name reflects that it is called before any request, not just a request specific to this blueprint.
There is no hook for running code for just the first request to be handled by your blueprint. You can simulate that with a @Blueprint.before_request
handler that tests if it has been run yet:
from threading import Lock
my_blueprint._before_request_lock = Lock()
my_blueprint._got_first_request = False
@my_blueprint.before_request
def init_my_blueprint():
if my_blueprint._got_first_request:
return
with my_blueprint._before_request_lock:
if my_blueprint._got_first_request:
return
# first request, execute what you need.
print('yes')
# mark first request handled *last*
my_blueprint._got_first_request = True
This mimics what Flask does here; locking is needed as separate threads could race to the post to be first.
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