initialization as fastcgi event

techrec/cli.py

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class DateTimeAction(Action):
             raise ValueError("'%s' is not a valid datetime" % values)
         setattr(namespace, self.dest, parsed_val)
 
+code_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
 def common_pre():
     prechecks = [pre_check_user, pre_check_permissions, pre_check_ffmpeg]
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ def common_pre():
     if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
         os.chdir(sys._MEIPASS)
     else:
-        os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+        os.chdir(code_dir)
     for conf in configs:
         get_config().from_pyfile(conf)
 

techrec/server.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("server")
 
 common_pre()
 app = FastAPI()
-db = RecDB(get_config()["DB_URI"])
+db = None
 
 
 def date_read(s):
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ def rec_sanitize(rec):
     d["endtime"] = date_write(d["endtime"])
     return d
 
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def startup_event():
+    global db
+    common_pre()
+    db = RecDB(get_config()["DB_URI"])
 
 @app.get("/date/date")
 def date():