use a dotenv file

.env.dist

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FLASK_SECRET=""
+DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=""

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 **/__pycache__
 instance/
 data_persistance/secret.py
-**/.vscode
+**/.vscode
+.env

app.py

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Load .env file
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv()
+
 from truthseeker import APP as app # the variable 'app' is detected by `flask run`
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

requirements.txt

@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ Flask-SocketIO==5.3.2
 SQLAlchemy==1.4.20
 pymysql==1.0.2
 discord.py==2.1.0
+discord.py==2.1.0
+python-dotenv==0.21.0

truthseeker/__init__.py

@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ class TruthSeekerApp(flask.Flask):
         super().__init__("truthseeker")
 
         self.games_list = {}
-        
+
-        self.set_app_secret()
+        self.config["SECRET_KEY"] = os.getenv("FLASK_SECRET")
 
         self.socketio_app = SocketIO(self)
 
         self.discord_bot = discord_bot.DiscordBot()
-        token = self.get_discord_bot_token()
+        token = os.getenv("DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN")
         if token:
             pass
             self.discord_bot.start(token)
@@ -34,35 +34,6 @@ class TruthSeekerApp(flask.Flask):
     def run_app(self):
         self.socketio_app.run(self)
 
-    def set_app_secret(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Set the secret used by flask
-        """
-        if os.path.isfile("instance/secret.txt"):
-            f = open("instance/secret.txt", "r")
-            self.config["SECRET_KEY"] = f.read()
-            f.close()
-            print("Read secret from secret.txt !")
-        else:
-            import secrets
-            self.config["SECRET_KEY"] = secrets.token_hex()
-            os.makedirs("instance", exist_ok=True)
-            f = open("instance/secret.txt", "w")
-            f.write(self.config["SECRET_KEY"])
-            f.close()
-            print("Generated secret and wrote to secret.txt !")
-
-    def get_discord_bot_token(self) -> str:
-        """
-        Get the token used by the discord bot
-        """
-        if os.path.isfile("instance/discord_bot_token.txt"):
-            f = open("instance/discord_bot_token.txt", "r")
-            token = f.read()
-            f.close()
-            return token
-        return None
-
 APP = TruthSeekerApp()
 
 from truthseeker.routes import routes_api, routes_ui, routes_socketio