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shopdb-flask/shopdb/utils/employee_db.py
Cam Proudlock a9d0dfff4a Initial import: shopdb-flask multi-site asset platform
Flask + Vue rewrite of the classic-ASP shopdb, built as a plugin
framework so sister GE Aerospace sites can adopt it. Product version
0.7.0-pre-0.8.0, plugin contract 0.11.0, 966 backend tests.

Key entry points:
- docs/INSTALL-WINDOWS-IIS.md - tested Windows + IIS install runbook
  (own-site and subpath deployment methods)
- docs/PILOT-DEPLOY.md - production pilot: stand up + import + verify
- docs/IMPORT-API.md - schema-agnostic legacy data import contract
- scripts/site_imports/wjf/ - West Jefferson reference import loader
- docs/adr/ - twelve accepted architecture decision records
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"""Connection helper for the read-only employee directory database.
Credentials are pulled from app config (env-backed, see Config.EMPLOYEE_DB_*),
never hardcoded. Used by the employee lookup API and the notification
recognition feature.
"""
import pymysql
from flask import current_app
def _setting_or_config(setting_key, config_key):
"""Non-secret config: a saved Setting wins, else the env-backed app config.
Lets the setup wizard edit host/name/user without touching .env, while the
password stays env-only.
"""
from shopdb.core.models import Setting
try:
row = Setting.query.filter_by(key=setting_key).first()
if row and row.value:
return row.value
except Exception:
pass
return current_app.config[config_key]
def employee_connection():
"""Open a pymysql connection to the employee directory DB."""
return pymysql.connect(
host=_setting_or_config('employee_db_host', 'EMPLOYEE_DB_HOST'),
user=_setting_or_config('employee_db_user', 'EMPLOYEE_DB_USER'),
password=current_app.config['EMPLOYEE_DB_PASSWORD'],
database=_setting_or_config('employee_db_name', 'EMPLOYEE_DB_NAME'),
cursorclass=pymysql.cursors.DictCursor,
)