main.py

"""
The main process for the NHL twitter bot application.
"""

import threading
import logging
from os import path
from flask import Flask
from waitress import serve

from src import bot

app = Flask(__name__)

# prevent flask from logging requests
log = logging.getLogger('werkzeug')
log.setLevel(logging.ERROR)

@app.route("/", methods=["GET"])
def home():
    """
    Front-end of the web application.
    """
    if not path.exists ("bot.log"):
        return ""

    with open("bot.log", encoding="utf-8") as log_file:
        return "<xmp>" + log_file.read() + "</xmp>"

if __name__ == '__main__':

    # Run the twitter bot in the background
    bot_thread = threading.Thread (target = bot.check_for_updates, daemon = True)
    bot_thread.start()

    # Run the front-end web application
    serve(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=5000)