Adds gzip support by default

This commit adds Flask-Compress to the stack, an excellent module that
makes the site load faster. This also adds and amends the default
siteconfig

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 1908ad3..8937d4b 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import os
 from flask import Flask
 from siteconfig import siteconfig
+from flask_compress import Compress
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
+compress = Compress()
 
 from views import *
 
@@ -30,9 +32,10 @@ def setup():
 
     app.config.update({'DOMAIN': siteconfig.DOMAIN})
     app.config.update({'HOME_TITLE': siteconfig.HOME_TITLE})
-
+    app.config.update({'COMPRESS_MIMETYPES': siteconfig.COMPRESS_MIMETYPES})
 
 # Setup needs to come first to be compatible with wsgi
 setup()
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    compress.init_app(app)
     app.run()