Added environment variables

README.md

@@ -32,17 +32,19 @@ Visit the below URL to view the flask app:
 
 If you do not have a dedicated server, I highly recommend using [Linode](https://www.linode.com/), [Heroku](https://www.heroku.com/) or [PythonAnywhere](https://www.pythonanywhere.com/) to host your application.
 
-Before deploying, in the file:
+Before deploying, make sure to set the following environment variables:
 
-	tiny0/run.py  
+	$ export WEBSITE_DOMAIN=
+	$ export SECRET_KEY=
+	$ export DEBUG=
+	$ export SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=
 
-set running in debug mode to False:
+If not they will default to the following values:
 
-	app.run(debug=False)
-
-and change the config file located in the directory below:
-
-	tiny0/tiny0/config.json
+	WEBSITE_DOMAIN=127.0.0.1:5000
+	SECRET_KEY=SECRET_KEY
+	DEBUG=true
+	SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=sqlite:///database.db
 
 # License
 

run.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from tiny0 import app
+from tiny0.config import DEBUG
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app.run(debug=True)
+    app.run(debug=DEBUG)

tiny0/config.json

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"WEBSITE_DOMAIN":"127.0.0.1:5000",
-	"SECRET_KEY": "SECRET_KEY",
-	"SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI": "sqlite:///database.db"
-}

tiny0/config.py

@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
-import json
+import os
+from distutils.util import strtobool
 
-with open("tiny0/config.json", "r") as config_file:
+WEBSITE_DOMAIN = os.environ.get("WEBSITE_DOMAIN")
+if not WEBSITE_DOMAIN:
+	WEBSITE_DOMAIN = "127.0.0.1:5000"
 
-	config_data = json.load(config_file)
+SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("SECRET_KEY")
+if not SECRET_KEY:
+	SECRET_KEY = "SECRET_KEY"
 
-	WEBSITE_DOMAIN = config_data.get("WEBSITE_DOMAIN")
-	SECRET_KEY = config_data.get("SECRET_KEY")
-	SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = config_data.get("SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI")
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get("SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI")
+if not SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI:
+	SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = "sqlite:///database.db"
+
+DEBUG = os.environ.get("DEBUG")
+if not DEBUG:
+	DEBUG = "true"
+
+DEBUG = strtobool(DEBUG)