init chat before starting server so it doesn't check wether it has been inited everytime chat is called

party/chat.py

@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ class Chat:
     def insertMessage(self, content: str, author: str, timestamp: str):
         self.collection.insert_one(self.convertToMessage(content, author, timestamp))
 
+    @classmethod
+    def getNext100Messages(self, skip: int) -> list[dict]:
+        return list(self.collection.find()
+                                   .skip(skip)
+                                   .limit(100))
+
     @classmethod
     def convertToMessage(self, content: str, author: str, timestamp: str) -> dict:
         message = {

party/main.py

@@ -69,12 +69,9 @@ def api_mate_trinken(row, column):
 
 @app.route('/api/chat/', methods=['GET'])
 def api_chat():
-    if not Chat.initialized:
-        Chat.init()
-    messages = Chat.getAllMessages()
-    print(messages)
-    response = jsonify(success=True, messages=json_util.dumps(messages))
-    response.status_code = 200
+    messages = Chat.getNext100Messages(0) # 0 offset print(messages)
+    response = jsonify(success=True, messages=json_util.dumps(messages)) 
+    response.status_code = 200 
     return response
 
 @socketio.on('chat-message')
@@ -112,5 +109,6 @@ def page_not_found(error):
     return render_template('404.html'), response
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    Chat.init()
     socketio.run(app, debug=True, host='localhost', port=5000) #pragma: no cover
 

party/static/css/session.css

@@ -425,6 +425,5 @@ margin-right: auto;
 
 #chatBox {
     background-color: green;
-    max-height: 200px;
-    height: 70%;
+    max-height: 600px;
 }

scripts/generate_mock_messages.py

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ Chat.init()
 def generate_message():
     Chat.insertMessage(fake.text(), fake.name(), fake.date_time().isoformat())
 
-MESSAGE_COUNT = 1000
+MESSAGE_COUNT = 100000
 for i in range(MESSAGE_COUNT):
     generate_message()