Add possibility to disable crons launching [for debug only] + add tests on launch_server.sh

bin/launch_server.sh

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SCRIPTPATH=`dirname ${SCRIPT}`
 DEBUG=False
 LOCAL=False
 PORT=5000
+CRONS=True
 
 function usage()
 {
@@ -16,9 +17,26 @@ function usage()
     echo -e "\t--debug=${DEBUG}\tTrue to run in debug mode"
     echo -e "\t--local=${LOCAL}\tTrue to make the website accessible only on the hosting PC"
     echo -e "\t--port=${PORT}\tPort number onto run the server"
+    echo -e "\t--crons=${CRONS}\tStart crons (disable it only for tests)"
     echo ""
 }
 
+function is_bool()
+{
+    if [ "$1" != "True" ] && [ "$1" != "False" ]; then
+        echo "$2: error: $1 is not 'True' or 'False': invalid parameter"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+function is_number()
+{
+    re='^[0-9]+$'
+    if ! [[ $1 =~ $re ]] ; then
+       echo "$2: error: $1 is not a number: invalid parameter"; exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
 while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
     PARAM=`echo $1 | awk -F= '{print $1}'`
     VALUE=`echo $1 | awk -F= '{print $2}'`
@@ -28,14 +46,21 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
             exit
             ;;
         --debug)
+            is_bool ${VALUE} "--debug"
             DEBUG=${VALUE}
             ;;
         --local)
+            is_bool ${VALUE} "--local"
             LOCAL=${VALUE}
             ;;
         --port)
+            is_number ${VALUE} "--port"
             PORT=${VALUE}
             ;;
+        --crons)
+            is_bool ${VALUE} "--crons"
+            CRONS=${VALUE}
+            ;;
         *)
             echo "ERROR: unknown parameter \"${PARAM}\""
             usage
@@ -56,4 +81,4 @@ if [ "$LOCAL" == "True" ]; then
     host="127.0.0.1"
 fi
 
-FLASK_DEBUG=${debug} FLASK_APP=${SCRIPTPATH}/../srv/main.py flask run --host=${host} --port=${PORT}
+CRONS=${CRONS} FLASK_DEBUG=${debug} FLASK_APP=${SCRIPTPATH}/../srv/main.py flask run --host=${host} --port=${PORT}

srv/main.py

@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ mailer = Mailer(app)
 app_data = config_reader.app_data
 
 # Crons:
-crons = Crons(app_folder)
-crons.start_all()
+if os.environ['CRONS'] == "True":
+    print("Starting crons...")
+    crons = Crons(app_folder)
+    crons.start_all()
 
 
 @app.context_processor