From 195c07df02a065820ca24d17d455b71851f6c854 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederick Muriuki Muriithi
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 17:05:34 +0300
Subject: Config: Use instance_path to load secrets.

---
 gn_auth/__init__.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gn_auth/__init__.py b/gn_auth/__init__.py
index 6df1bc7..8bd0093 100644
--- a/gn_auth/__init__.py
+++ b/gn_auth/__init__.py
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ def setup_logging_handlers(app: Flask) -> None:
 
 def create_app(config: Optional[dict] = None) -> Flask:
     """Create and return a new flask application."""
-    app = Flask(__name__)
+    app_instance_path = os.environ.get("GN_AUTH_INSTANCE_PATH")
+    app = Flask(__name__,
+                instance_path=app_instance_path,
+                instance_relative_config=True)
 
     # ====== Setup configuration ======
     app.config.from_object(settings) # Default settings
@@ -64,6 +67,8 @@ def create_app(config: Optional[dict] = None) -> Flask:
         app.config.from_envvar("GN_AUTH_CONF")
 
     override_settings_with_envvars(app)
+    if bool(app_instance_path):## load secrets
+        app.config.from_pyfile("secrets.py")
     # ====== END: Setup configuration ======
 
     check_mandatory_settings(app)
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