locate_app

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def locate_app(
    module_name: str,
    app_name: str | None,
    raise_if_not_found: t.Literal[True] = True
) - > Flask

Attempts to find and instantiate a Flask application instance from a given module and optional attribute name.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
module_name	str	The fully qualified name of the Python module to search for the application.
app_name	`str	None`
raise_if_not_found	t.Literal[True] = True	Determines if an exception should be raised if the application cannot be located; defaults to True.

Returns

Type	Description
Flask	The discovered Flask application instance.