Added retry logic

service/__init__.py

@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ def create_app():
         from service.common import error_handlers, cli_commands  # noqa: F401, E402
 
         try:
-            # models.init_db(app)  # make our sqlalchemy tables
-            db.create_all()
+            models.init_db()  # make our sqlalchemy tables
         except Exception as error:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             app.logger.critical("%s: Cannot continue", error)
             # gunicorn requires exit code 4 to stop spawning workers when they die

service/models.py

@@ -30,17 +30,29 @@
 birthday (date) - the day the pet was born
 
 """
+import os
 import logging
 from datetime import date
 from enum import Enum
+from retry import retry
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 
+# global variables for retry (must be int)
+RETRY_COUNT = int(os.environ.get("RETRY_COUNT", 5))
+RETRY_DELAY = int(os.environ.get("RETRY_DELAY", 1))
+RETRY_BACKOFF = int(os.environ.get("RETRY_BACKOFF", 2))
+
 logger = logging.getLogger("flask.app")
 
 # Create the SQLAlchemy object to be initialized later in init_db()
 db = SQLAlchemy()
 
 
+@retry(Exception, delay=RETRY_DELAY, backoff=RETRY_BACKOFF, tries=RETRY_COUNT, logger=logger)
+def init_db() -> None:
+    """Initialize Tables"""
+    db.create_all()
+
 class DataValidationError(Exception):
     """Used for an data validation errors when deserializing"""