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How to handle FlaskInjector error at start at python flask api app?


I set up a most basic structure of an API in python wit the stack

flask - connexion - flaskInjector

according to the code shown below. When the API is run and FlaskInjector is initialized, it fails with the error message:

injector.CallError: Call to RequestScope.init() failed: init() missing 1 required positional argument: 'injector' (injection stack: [])

My system is Ubuntu 18.04, packages in the conda environment as follows:

Relevant excerpt from conda list:

# Name                    Version                   Build  Channel
...
connexion                 2.2.0                    pypi_0    pypi
...
elasticsearch             7.0.1                    pypi_0    pypi
fastavro                  0.21.23                  pypi_0    pypi
flask                     1.0.2                    pypi_0    pypi
flask-cors                3.0.7                    pypi_0    pypi
flask-injector            0.12.0                   pypi_0    pypi
flask-opentracing         1.0.0                    pypi_0    pypi
flask-restplus            0.9.2                    pypi_0    pypi
flask-script              2.0.6                    pypi_0    pypi
flask-sqlalchemy          2.3.2                    pypi_0    pypi
...
injector                  0.12.0                   pypi_0    pypi
...
swagger-ui-bundle         0.0.3                    pypi_0    pypi
...

The project is organized as follows:

./app.py:

from injector import Binder
from flask_injector import FlaskInjector
from connexion.resolver import RestyResolver
import connexion
from providers.provider import ItemsProvider


def configure(binder: Binder) -> Binder:
    binder.bind(
        ItemsProvider,
        ItemsProvider([{'Name': 'Test 1'}])
    )
    return binder


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = connexion.App(__name__, specification_dir='./swagger/')
    app.add_api('app.yaml', resolver=RestyResolver('api'))
    FlaskInjector(app=app.app, modules=[configure])
    app.run(port=9090, debug=True)

./api/items.py:

from flask_injector import inject
from providers.provider import ItemsProvider


@inject(data_provider=ItemsProvider)
def search(data_provider) -> list:
    return data_provider.get()

./providers/provider.py:

class ItemsProvider(object):
    def __init__(self, items: list = []):
        self._items = items

    def get(self, number_of_items: int = 5) -> list:
        if not self._items:
            return []

        if number_of_items > len(self._items):
            number_of_items = len(self._items)

        return self._items[0:number_of_items]

./swagger/app.yaml:

swagger: "2.0"

info:
  title: "My first API"
  version: "1.0"

basePath: /api

paths:
  /items/:
    get:
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Fetch a list of items'
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/definitions/Item'

definitions:
  Item:
    type: object
    properties:
      id:
        type: integer
        format: int64
      name: { type: string }

On running the app with python app.py, the api server starts as expected:

 * Serving Flask app "app" (lazy loading)
 * Environment: production
   WARNING: Do not use the development server in a production environment.
   Use a production WSGI server instead.
 * Debug mode: on
 * Running on http://0.0.0.0:9090/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
 * Restarting with stat
 * Debugger is active!
 * Debugger PIN: 498-670-595

However, addressing the server or the items endpoint in the browser, the following failure stack appears:

127.0.0.1 - - [21/May/2019 08:16:31] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 -
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2309, in __call__
    return self.wsgi_app(environ, start_response)
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2295, in wsgi_app
    response = self.handle_exception(e)
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1741, in handle_exception
    reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/_compat.py", line 35, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2292, in wsgi_app
    response = self.full_dispatch_request()
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1815, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1718, in handle_user_exception
    reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/_compat.py", line 35, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1811, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.preprocess_request()
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2087, in preprocess_request
    rv = func()
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask_injector.py", line 327, in reset_request_scope_before
    injector_not_null.get(request_scope_class).prepare()
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/injector.py", line 738, in get
    result = scope_instance.get(key, binding.provider).get(self)
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/injector.py", line 144, in get
    return injector.create_object(self._cls)
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/injector.py", line 789, in create_object
    (), additional_kwargs, e, self._stack,)
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/injector.py", line 73, in reraise
    raise exception.with_traceback(tb)
  File "/home/christian/.conda/envs/miccroservice/lib/python3.6/site-packages/injector.py", line 782, in create_object
    init(instance, **additional_kwargs)
injector.CallError: Call to RequestScope.__init__() failed: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'injector' (injection stack: [])
127.0.0.1 - - [21/May/2019 08:16:31] "GET /?__debugger__=yes&cmd=resource&f=style.css HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [21/May/2019 08:16:31] "GET /?__debugger__=yes&cmd=resource&f=debugger.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [21/May/2019 08:16:31] "GET /?__debugger__=yes&cmd=resource&f=jquery.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [21/May/2019 08:16:31] "GET /?__debugger__=yes&cmd=resource&f=console.png HTTP/1.1" 200 -

Solution

  • thank you for your answers. I cam meanwhile to a working solution. The @inject decorator can, at least in my current versions, not be used with parameters. It works if I change the function to:

    @inject
    def search(dataprovider=ItemsProvider_()) -> list:
        data = dataprovider.get(0)
        return data
    

    Thanks!