Function shell_command

src/flask/cli.py:1007–1051

Run an interactive Python shell in the context of a given Flask application. The application will populate the default namespace of this shell according to its configuration. This is useful for executing small snippets of management code without having to manually configure the app

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@click.command("shell", short_help="Run a shell in the app context.")
@with_appcontext
def shell_command() -> None:
    """Run an interactive Python shell in the context of a given
    Flask application.  The application will populate the default
    namespace of this shell according to its configuration.

    This is useful for executing small snippets of management code
    without having to manually configure the application.
    """
    import code

    banner = (
        f"Python {sys.version} on {sys.platform}\n"
        f"App: {current_app.import_name}\n"
        f"Instance: {current_app.instance_path}"
    )
    ctx: dict[str, t.Any] = {}

    # Support the regular Python interpreter startup script if someone
    # is using it.
    startup = os.environ.get("PYTHONSTARTUP")
    if startup and os.path.isfile(startup):
        with open(startup) as f:
            eval(compile(f.read(), startup, "exec"), ctx)

    ctx.update(current_app.make_shell_context())

    # Site, customize, or startup script can set a hook to call when
    # entering interactive mode. The default one sets up readline with
    # tab and history completion.
    interactive_hook = getattr(sys, "__interactivehook__", None)

    if interactive_hook is not None:
        try:
            import readline
            from rlcompleter import Completer
        except ImportError:
            pass
        else:
            # rlcompleter uses __main__.__dict__ by default, which is
            # flask.__main__. Use the shell context instead.
            readline.set_completer(Completer(ctx).complete)

        interactive_hook()

    code.interact(banner=banner, local=ctx)


@click.command("routes", short_help="Show the routes for the app.")