Add option to remove empty mount directories on startup

README.rst

@@ -62,13 +62,12 @@ Quick Reference
       -h, --host TEXT               Host to run Thumbtack server on  [default: 127.0.0.1]
       -p, --port TEXT               Port to run Thumbtack server on  [default: 8208]
       -m, --mount-dir TEXT          Directory to mount disk images  [Default: /mnt/thumbtack]
-      -i, --image-dir TEXT          Directory of disk images for Thumbtack server to
-                                    monitor  [default: $CWD]
-      --db TEXT                     SQLite database to store mount state  [default:
-                                    database.db]
-      -b, --base-url TEXT           Base URL where Thumbtack is hosted on the server
+      -i, --image-dir TEXT          Directory of disk images for Thumbtack server to monitor  [Default: $CWD]
+      --db TEXT                     SQLite database to store mount state
+      -b, --base-url TEXT           Base URL where Thumbtack is hosted on the server  [default: /]
       --path-contains TEXT          Only select files containing specified string in the path
       -s, --skip-subdirectory TEXT  Subdirectory to ignore when monitoring files
+      -r, --remove-directories      Remove empty directories in the mount directory on startup.
       --help                        Show this message and exit.
 
 LICENSE

docs/tutorial.rst

@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ See them below.
       -d, --debug                   Run the Thumbtack server in debug mode
       -h, --host TEXT               Host to run Thumbtack server on  [default: 127.0.0.1]
       -p, --port TEXT               Port to run Thumbtack server on  [default: 8208]
-      -i, --image-dir TEXT          Directory of disk images for Thumbtack server to
-                                    monitor  [default: $CWD]
-      --db TEXT                     SQLite database to store mount state  [default:
-                                    database.db]
-      -b, --base-url TEXT           Base URL where Thumbtack is hosted on the server
+      -m, --mount-dir TEXT          Directory to mount disk images  [Default: /mnt/thumbtack]
+      -i, --image-dir TEXT          Directory of disk images for Thumbtack server to monitor  [Default: $CWD]
+      --db TEXT                     SQLite database to store mount state
+      -b, --base-url TEXT           Base URL where Thumbtack is hosted on the server  [default: /]
       --path-contains TEXT          Only select files containing specified string in the path
       -s, --skip-subdirectory TEXT  Subdirectory to ignore when monitoring files
+      -r, --remove-directories      Remove empty directories in the mount directory on startup.
       --help                        Show this message and exit.
 
 Development Environment

src/thumbtack/__init__.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     __version__ = "Could not find version"
 
 
-def create_app(mount_dir=None, image_dir=None, database=None, base_url=None, path_contains=None, skip_subdirectory=None):
+def create_app(mount_dir=None, image_dir=None, database=None, base_url=None, path_contains=None, skip_subdirectory=None, remove_directories=None):
 
     if base_url:
         static_url_path = f"{base_url}/static"
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ def create_app(mount_dir=None, image_dir=None, database=None, base_url=None, pat
     if skip_subdirectory:
         app.config.update(SKIP_SUBDIRECTORY=skip_subdirectory)
 
+    if remove_directories:
+        app.config.update(REMOVE_DIRECTORIES=remove_directories)
+
     app.mnt_mutex = threading.Lock()
 
     # configure the rest
@@ -170,9 +173,16 @@ def configure_logging(app):
     show_default=True,
     help="Subdirectory to ignore when monitoring files",
 )
-def start_app(debug, host, port, mount_dir, image_dir, database, base_url, path_contains, skip_subdirectory):
+@click.option(
+    '-r',
+    "--remove-directories",
+    default=False,
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Remove empty directories in the mount directory on startup.",
+)
+def start_app(debug, host, port, mount_dir, image_dir, database, base_url, path_contains, skip_subdirectory, remove_directories):
     app = create_app(
-        mount_dir=mount_dir, image_dir=image_dir, database=database, base_url=base_url, path_contains=path_contains, skip_subdirectory=skip_subdirectory
+        mount_dir=mount_dir, image_dir=image_dir, database=database, base_url=base_url, path_contains=path_contains, skip_subdirectory=skip_subdirectory, remove_directories=remove_directories,
     )
     directory_monitoring_thread = DirectoryMonitoring(app)
     directory_monitoring_thread.start()

src/thumbtack/directory_monitoring.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import threading
 import time
 
-from .utils import monitor_image_dir
+from .utils import monitor_image_dir, startup_remove_dirs
 
 
 class DirectoryMonitoring(threading.Thread):
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ def __init__(self, app):
 
     def run(self):
         with self.app.app_context():
+            try:
+                if self.app.config["REMOVE_DIRECTORIES"]:
+                    startup_remove_dirs()
+            except (KeyError, TypeError):
+                pass
             while True:
                 time.sleep(3)
                 monitor_image_dir()

src/thumbtack/utils.py

@@ -600,6 +600,24 @@ def monitor_image_dir():
         if Path(image["full_path"]) not in full_path_filenames
     ]
 
+def startup_remove_dirs():
+    for item in os.listdir(current_app.config["MOUNT_DIR"]):
+        path = Path(current_app.config["MOUNT_DIR"], item)
+        current_app.logger.info(path)
+        try:
+            current_app.logger.info(f"Unmounting: {path}")
+            subprocess.run(["umount", path])
+        except Exception as e:
+            current_app.logger.error(e)
+
+        if os.path.isdir(path):
+            current_app.logger.info(path)
+            try:
+                current_app.logger.info(f"Removing: {path}")
+                os.rmdir(path)
+            except Exception as e:
+                current_app.logger.error(e)
+
 
 def get_db():
     db = getattr(g, "_database", None)