From 7d4a75fe6056ddf6b996bc4c1ae3e674342fd37b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ayo <ayo@ayco.io>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 15:24:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: watch template files

---
 app.py   | 13 +++++++++++++
 start.sh |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 3acdb88..193e09c 100755
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
+import os
 from flask import Flask
 import json
 from .threads import threads
 from .cache import cache
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
+app.config['TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD'] = True
 cache.init_app(app, config={'CACHE_TYPE': 'SimpleCache'})
 app.register_blueprint(threads, url_prefix='/')
 app.config.from_file("config.json", load=json.load)
 
+## WATCH TEMPLATE FILES
+template_files = os.listdir("./templates")
+filtered = filter(lambda file: not file.startswith('.'), template_files)
+template_files = list(filtered)
+template_files = ['./templates/{0}'.format(file) for file in template_files]
+extra_files = ':'.join(template_files)
+print(" * Watching: ")
+for file in template_files:
+    print(f"    - {file}")
+os.environ['FLASK_RUN_EXTRA_FILES'] = extra_files
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run(host='0.0.0.0')
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index bf14eb8..52fb454 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 conda activate threads
-flask --debug run
+flask --app app.py --debug run
 
 # after run
 conda deactivate