An improved shell command for Flask

Flask-Konch adds an improved shell command, flask konch, to the Flask CLI <http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.11/cli/>_.

Benefits of `flask konch` over `flask shell`

Uses IPython, BPython, or ptpython if available, and falls back to built-in interpreter
Automatically imports top-level Flask functions and classes by default
Define additional variables to include in the shell context
Configurable banner and prompt

Flask-Konch uses konch <https://github.com/sloria/konch>_, a shell configuration utility, under the hood.

pip install flask-konch

To run the shell:

.. code-block:: bash

export FLASK_APP=path/to/app.py flask konch

To add additional variables to the shell context:

.. code-block:: python

app = Flask(name) app.config.update({"KONCH_CONTEXT": {"db": database, "User": User}})

KONCH_FLASK_IMPORTS: Whether to automatically import top-level Flask functions and classes. Defaults to True.
KONCH_FLASK_SHELL_CONTEXT: Whether to automatically import Flask shell context, as registered by shell_context_processor(f) <http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.12/api/#flask.Flask.shell_context_processor>_. Defaults to True.
KONCH_CONTEXT: Dictionary of additional variables to include in the shell context.
KONCH_SHELL: May be 'ipy', 'bpy', 'ptpy', 'ptipy', 'py', or 'auto' (default).
KONCH_BANNER: Custom banner.
KONCH_PROMPT: Custom input prompt.
KONCH_OUTPUT: Custom output prompt.
KONCH_CONTEXT_FORMAT: Format to display shell context. May be 'full', 'short', or a function that receives the context dictionary as input and returns a string.
KONCH_IPY_AUTORELOAD: Whether to load and enable the IPython autoreload extension (must be using ipython shell).
KONCH_IPY_EXTENSIONS: List of IPython extension names to load (must be using ipython shell).
KONCH_IPY_COLORS: IPython color style.
KONCH_IPY_HIGHLIGHTING_STYLE: IPython code highlighting style.
KONCH_PTPY_VI_MODE: Enable vi mode (must be using ptpython shell).

MIT licensed. See the bundled LICENSE <https://github.com/sloria/flask-konch/blob/master/LICENSE>_ file for more details.