flask-mongoengine in a blueprint

app.py

# Flask related imports
from flask import Flask, render_template, jsonify, abort, request, make_response, session, redirect, url_for

# Flask extensions
from flask.ext.mongoengine import MongoEngine
from flask_debugtoolbar import DebugToolbarExtension

# Flask blueprints
import companies
from companies.views import companies


# Other imports
import socket
import json
import datetime
import os
from urllib import splitquery, urlencode, quote_plus
from json import dumps as jsondumps
from bson import objectid



# ==============================================================================
#
# SETUP APP
#
# ==============================================================================
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = settings.UPLOAD_FOLDER
app.config['MONGODB_DB'] = settings.DB_NAME
app.config['MONGODB_HOST'] = settings.DB_HOST

db = MongoEngine(app)


# Register blueprints
def register_blueprints(app):
  # Prevents circular imports
  app.register_blueprint(companies)

register_blueprints(app)

# Additional route endpoints
@app.route("/")
def home():
  return render_template('home.html')
  

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.debug = True
    toolbar = DebugToolbarExtension(app)
    app.run()

companies-views.py

from flask import Blueprint, request, redirect, render_template, url_for
from flask.views import MethodView
from backend.models import Company, Address

companies = Blueprint('companies', __name__, template_folder='templates')


class ListView(MethodView):
  
  def get(self, search_category):
    company_list = Company.objects.all(category=search_category)
    return render_template('list.html', companies=company_list)


# Register endpoints
companies.add_url_rule('/company/list/', view_func=ListView.as_view('list'))

models.py

import datetime
from flask import url_for
from app import db

class Company(db.Document):
  created_at = db.DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now, required=True)
  name = db.StringField(max_length=255, required=True)
  address = db.EmbeddedDocumentField('Address')
  
  def get_absolute_url(self):
    return url_for('company', kwargs={'slug': self.slug})
  
  def __unicode__(self):
    return self.name
  

class Address(db.EmbeddedDocument):
  street = db.StringField(verbose_name='Street', required=True)
  city = db.StringField(verbose_name='City', required=True)
  postcode = db.StringField(verbose_name = 'Post Code', max_length=8, required=True)

exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

Great! Thanks for the gist! Shouldn't models.py be inside the company blueprint, however? I think typical Flask blueprint structure is...

my_blueprint_directory/
init.py
views.py
models.py