constants file created and more detailed debug messages added

UISelector.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-tailwindUI = False
+from constants import TAILWIND_UI
 
 
-match tailwindUI:
+match TAILWIND_UI:
     case True:
-        templateFolder = "templates/tailwindUI"
-        staticFolder = "static/tailwindUI"
+        TEMPLATE_FOLDER = "templates/tailwindUI"
+        STATIC_FOLDER = "static/tailwindUI"
     case False:
-        templateFolder = "templates/standardUI"
-        staticFolder = "static/standardUI"
+        TEMPLATE_FOLDER = "templates/standardUI"
+        STATIC_FOLDER = "static/standardUI"

app.py

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-import socket
+from helpers import message
+
+message("3", "APP IS STARTING...")
+
 
 from helpers import (
-    secrets,
-    message,
     render_template,
     getProfilePicture,
     Flask,
 )
 
+
 from routes.post import postBlueprint
 from routes.user import userBlueprint
 from routes.index import indexBlueprint
@@ -33,21 +35,47 @@
 
 
 from flask_wtf.csrf import CSRFProtect, CSRFError
-from UISelector import templateFolder, staticFolder
 from dbChecker import dbFolder, usersTable, postsTable, commentsTable
 
+from constants import (
+    APP_HOST,
+    DEBUG_MODE,
+    TAILWIND_UI,
+    REGISTRATION,
+    LOG_FILE_ROOT,
+    APP_SECRET_KEY,
+    SESSION_PERMANENT,
+)
+from UISelector import TEMPLATE_FOLDER, STATIC_FOLDER
+
+app = Flask(__name__, template_folder=TEMPLATE_FOLDER, static_folder=STATIC_FOLDER)
+app.secret_key = APP_SECRET_KEY
+app.config["SESSION_PERMANENT"] = SESSION_PERMANENT
+csrf = CSRFProtect(app)
+
+
+message("1", f"APP DEBUG MODE: {DEBUG_MODE}")
+message("3", f"APP HOST: {APP_HOST}")
+message("3", f"APP SECRET KEY: {APP_SECRET_KEY}")
+message("3", f"APP SESSION PERMANENT: {SESSION_PERMANENT}")
+message("3", f"LOG FILE ROOT: {LOG_FILE_ROOT}")
+message("3", f"REGISTRATION: {REGISTRATION}")
+
+match TAILWIND_UI:
+    case True:
+        message("4", f"UI MODE: TAILWIND-CSS")
+    case False:
+        message("4", f"UI MODE: STANDARD-CSS")
+
+message("4", f"TEMPLATE FOLDER: {TEMPLATE_FOLDER}")
+message("4", f"STATIC FOLDER: {STATIC_FOLDER}")
+
 dbFolder()
 usersTable()
 postsTable()
 commentsTable()
 
 
-app = Flask(__name__, template_folder=templateFolder, static_folder=staticFolder)
-app.secret_key = secrets.token_urlsafe(32)
-app.config["SESSION_PERMANENT"] = True
-csrf = CSRFProtect(app)
-
-
 @app.context_processor
 def utility_processor():
     getProfilePicture
@@ -61,6 +89,7 @@ def notFound(e):
 
 @app.errorhandler(CSRFError)
 def handle_csrf_error(e):
+    message("1", "CSRF ERROR")
     return render_template("csrfError.html", reason=e.description), 400
 
 
@@ -89,4 +118,5 @@ def handle_csrf_error(e):
 
 match __name__:
     case "__main__":
-        app.run(debug=True, host=socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname()))
+        message("2", "APP STARTED SUCCESSFULLY")
+        app.run(debug=DEBUG_MODE, host=APP_HOST)

constants.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from helpers import secrets, socket
+
+APP_HOST = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+DEBUG_MODE = True
+TAILWIND_UI = False
+REGISTRATION = True
+LOG_FILE_ROOT = "log.log"
+APP_SECRET_KEY = secrets.token_urlsafe(32)
+SESSION_PERMANENT = True

helpers.py

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import os
 import ssl
+import socket
 import smtplib
 import secrets
 import sqlite3
 from os import mkdir
 from random import randint
 from os.path import exists
 from datetime import datetime
+from constants import LOG_FILE_ROOT
 from email.message import EmailMessage
 from passlib.hash import sha256_crypt
 from flask import render_template, Blueprint
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ def message(color, message):
         f"\033[95m {currentTime(True)}]\033[0m"
         f"\033[9{color}m {message}\033[0m\n"
     )
-    logFile = open("log.log", "a", encoding="utf-8")
+    logFile = open(LOG_FILE_ROOT, "a", encoding="utf-8")
     logFile.write(f"[{currentDate()}" f"|{currentTime(True)}]" f" {message}\n")
     logFile.close()
 

routes/signup.py

@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@
     signUpForm,
     sha256_crypt,
 )
+from constants import REGISTRATION
 
 signUpBlueprint = Blueprint("signup", __name__)
 
-REGISTRATION = True
-
 
 @signUpBlueprint.route("/signup", methods=["GET", "POST"])
 def signup():