I'm creating a platform using flask+python where each loggedin user can add several social media accounts to be used for analysis. Each account added starts a new thread with the account name, which then is saved into a dic (key=account name and value=the thread). HOWEVER, when I do a hard refresh/reload on the homepage, the dic that references all the threads gets reset and returns None. I can make modifications, like get variable values from the threads or call the kill function to end the threads.I've been looking everywhere here on this site and I can't find the solution.
I've simplified my code:
class threads_manager(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self):
super(threads_manager, self).__init__()
self.cancelled = False
self.accounts = {}
def is_loggedin(self, username):
if not self.accounts:
return self.accounts[username].logged_in()
def add_account(self, usname, uspass, PROXY):
# AddAccount runs on a seperate thread that is managed by this thread
acc = AddAccount(usname, uspass, '')
acc.start()
self.accounts.update({usname: acc})
def kill_account(self, username):
if self.accounts[username] != None:
self.accounts[username].cancel()
return True
else:
return False
def run(self):
# make sure that the thread kill it self after 1 min as I cant
#get access to it later
while not self.cancelled:
if self.timeout > 0:
time.sleep(2)
self.timeout -= 1
else:
self.cancelled = True
# create new instance as global variable
manager = threads_manager()
@app.route('/addAccounts/')
def addAccounts():
global manager
# for displaying the accounts that are already stored in the server
#shows the names of the running threads (ajax call)
if request.args.get('command') == 'GETACCOUNTS':
tnames = []
for t in threading.enumerate():
tnames.append(t.name)
# prints the names as a flash/toast
return jsonify({'success' : tname})
if request.args.get('command') == 'ADDACCOUNT':
#ajax call
manager.add_account('username', 'password', 'proxy')
else:
#when reloading the website
return render_template('addAccounts.html')
Any help, ideas?
