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+import os
+import json
+import dotenv
+import logging
+import logging.config
+from pythonjsonlogger import jsonlogger
+
+# https://hackersandslackers.com/configure-flask-applications/
+#
+
+app_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+credentials_directory = os.path.join(app_root, '../instances')
+
+# REPLACE CREDENTIALS.env WITH CORRECT FILE NAME
+dotenv.load_dotenv(os.path.join(credentials_directory, 'CREDENTIALS.env'))
+db_creds_path = os.path.join(credentials_directory, 'dbcreds.json')
+
+class Config:
+    APP_NAME = 'APP_NAME'
+    APP_ROOT = app_root
+    SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY')
+    FLASK_ENV = os.environ.get('FLASK_ENV')
+    FORMATTER = jsonlogger.JsonFormatter('%(asctime)s %(name)s %(levelname)s %(lineno)s %(message)s', static_fields={'app_name': '[{}]'.format(APP_NAME)})
+
+    DB_CREDS = {}
+    with open(db_creds_path, 'r') as in_file:
+        DB_CREDS = json.load(in_file)
+
+class ProdConfig( Config ):
+    LOGGER = None
+    DEBUG = False
+    TESTING = False
+
+class LocalConfig( Config ):
+    DEBUG = True
+    TESTING = True
+
+    log_path = os.path.join(Config.APP_ROOT, 'logs')
+    log_filename = os.path.join(log_path, '{}_local.log'.format(Config.APP_NAME))
+
+    LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+    #LOGGER = logging.getLogger('{}'.format(Config.APP_NAME))
+    logger_file_handler = logging.FileHandler(log_filename)
+    logger_file_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    formatter = Config.FORMATTER
+    logger_file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    LOGGER.addHandler(logger_file_handler)
+    LOGGER.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+