Allow tests to complete using TESTING env

BookingSystem/app.py

@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ def create_app() -> flask.Flask:
     app = flask.Flask(__name__, template_folder='templates', static_folder='static')
 
     app.secret_key = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
+    app.config['TESTING'] = os.getenv('TESTING', 'false').lower() == 'true'
     app.config['SESSION_TYPE'] = 'cachelib'
     app.config['SESSION_CACHELIB'] = cachelib.FileSystemCache(cache_dir='./flask_session', threshold=500)
-    if os.getenv('DEBUG') == 'True':
+    if os.getenv('DEBUG', 'false').lower() == 'true':
         app.debug = True
 
     # We're behind a reverse proxy, so we need to fix the scheme and host
@@ -127,14 +128,15 @@ def debug_login() -> flask.Response:
     Compress(app)
     Minify(app, static=False, go=False)  # Some static files don't minify well (breaks JS)
 
+    init_db()
+    Settings.verify_settings_exist()
+    if not DEBUG and not app.config['TESTING']:
+        start_routine()
+
     return app
 
 
-init_db()
 app = create_app()
-Settings.verify_settings_exist()
-if not DEBUG:
-    start_routine()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run(host='0.0.0.0')

tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import flask
 import pytest
 
-sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).parent.parent) + '\\BookingSystem')
+sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).parent.parent) + '\\BookingSystem')  # Add BookingSystem to path for imports
+os.environ['TESTING'] = 'true'  # Set TESTING to true before importing app
 import BookingSystem.app as app
 from BookingSystem.db import init_db
 from BookingSystem.user import User
@@ -40,7 +42,6 @@ def is_admin(self) -> bool:
 @pytest.fixture
 def client():
     flask_app = app.create_app()
-    flask_app.config['TESTING'] = True
     init_db()
     yield flask_app.test_client()