webapp.py

import os, sys
from flask import Flask, render_template_string
from flask_mail import Mail
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from flask_user import login_required, UserManager, UserMixin, SQLAlchemyAdapter

def create_app():
    """ Flask application factory """
    
    # Setup Flask app and app.config
    app = Flask(__name__)

    config_file='conf/webapp.cfg'
    if os.path.isfile(config_file):
        app.config.from_pyfile(config_file)
    else:
        sys.exit("configuration file {} not found".format(config_file))

    # Initialize Flask extensions
    db = SQLAlchemy(app)                            # Initialize Flask-SQLAlchemy
    mail = Mail(app)                                # Initialize Flask-Mail

    # Define the User data model. Make sure to add flask.ext.user UserMixin !!!
    class User(db.Model, UserMixin):
        id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)

        # User authentication information
        username = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False, unique=True)
        password = db.Column(db.String(255), nullable=False, server_default='')
        reset_password_token = db.Column(db.String(100), nullable=False, server_default='')

        # User email information
        email = db.Column(db.String(255), nullable=False, unique=True)
        confirmed_at = db.Column(db.DateTime())

        # User information
        active = db.Column('is_active', db.Boolean(), nullable=False, server_default='0')
        first_name = db.Column(db.String(100), nullable=False, server_default='')
        last_name = db.Column(db.String(100), nullable=False, server_default='')

    # Create all database tables
    db.create_all()

    # Setup Flask-User
    db_adapter = SQLAlchemyAdapter(db, User)        # Register the User model
    user_manager = UserManager(db_adapter, app)     # Initialize Flask-User

    # The Home page is accessible to anyone
    @app.route('/')
    def home_page():
        return render_template_string("""
            {% extends "base.html" %}
            {% block content %}
                <h2>Home page</h2>
                <p>This page can be accessed by anyone.</p><br/>
                <p><a href={{ url_for('home_page') }}>Home page</a> (anyone)</p>
                <p><a href={{ url_for('members_page') }}>Members page</a> (login required)</p>
            {% endblock %}
            """)

    # The Members page is only accessible to authenticated users
    @app.route('/members')
    @login_required                                 # Use of @login_required decorator
    def members_page():
        return render_template_string("""
            {% extends "base.html" %}
            {% block content %}
                <h2>Members page</h2>
                <p>This page can only be accessed by authenticated users.</p><br/>
                <p><a href={{ url_for('home_page') }}>Home page</a> (anyone)</p>
                <p><a href={{ url_for('members_page') }}>Members page</a> (login required)</p>
            {% endblock %}
            """)

    return app


# Start development web server
if __name__=='__main__':
    app = create_app()
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000, debug=True)