use multiprocessing to wrap flask and use SIGTERM to save DB

changedetection.py

@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@
 # Read more https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki
 
 from changedetectionio import changedetection
+import multiprocessing
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    changedetection.main()
+
+    parse_process = multiprocessing.Process(target=changedetection.main)
+    parse_process.daemon = True
+    parse_process.start()
+    import time
+
+    try:
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        #parse_process.terminate() not needed, because this process will issue it to the sub-process anyway
+        print ("Exited - CTRL+C")

changedetectionio/__init__.py

@@ -1263,7 +1263,6 @@ def notification_runner():
     global notification_debug_log
     from datetime import datetime
     import json
-
     while not app.config.exit.is_set():
         try:
             # At the moment only one thread runs (single runner)

changedetectionio/changedetection.py

@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ def sigterm_handler(_signo, _stack_frame):
     global app
     global datastore
 
-    print('Shutdown: got SIGINT, writing DB')
-    datastore.sync_to_json()
-    print('sync_to_json() done')
-    eventlet.is_accepting = False
     app.config.exit.set()
+    datastore.sync_to_json()
+    print('Shutdown: Got SIGTERM, DB saved to disk')
+    raise SystemExit
 
 
 
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ def main():
 
     datastore = store.ChangeDetectionStore(datastore_path=app_config['datastore_path'], version_tag=__version__)
     app = changedetection_app(app_config, datastore)
-    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigterm_handler)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sigterm_handler)
 
     # Go into cleanup mode
     if do_cleanup: