Exception based webdav_check; app startup

api/ovdashboard_api/__main__.py

@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 from uvicorn import run as uvicorn_run
 
-from .dav_common import webdav_check
-
 
 def main() -> None:
     """
     If the `main` script is run, `uvicorn` is used to run the app.
     """
 
-    if webdav_check():
     uvicorn_run(
         app="ovdashboard_api:app",
         host="0.0.0.0",

api/ovdashboard_api/app.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
+from .dav_common import webdav_check
 from .routers.v1 import router as v1_router
 from .settings import SETTINGS
 
@@ -29,8 +30,11 @@ app = FastAPI(
     redoc_url=SETTINGS.redoc_url,
 )
 
-app.include_router(v1_router)
+app.add_event_handler("startup", webdav_check)
 
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def add_middlewares() -> None:
     if SETTINGS.production_mode:
         # Mount frontend in production mode
         app.mount(
@@ -54,3 +58,5 @@ else:
             allow_headers=["*"],
             expose_headers=["*"],
         )
+
+app.include_router(v1_router)

api/ovdashboard_api/dav_common.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ _WEBDAV_CLIENT = WebDAVclient({
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def webdav_check() -> bool:
+def webdav_check() -> None:
     """
     Checks if base resources are available.
     """
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def webdav_check() -> bool:
             "WebDAV connection to %s FAILED!",
             repr(SETTINGS.webdav.url),
         )
-        return False
+        raise ConnectionError(SETTINGS.webdav.url)
 
     _logger.debug("WebDAV connection ok.")
 
@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@ def webdav_check() -> bool:
             "WebDAV prefix directory %s NOT FOUND, please create it!",
             repr(SETTINGS.webdav_prefix),
         )
-        return False
+        raise FileNotFoundError(SETTINGS.webdav_prefix)
 
     _logger.debug("WebDAV prefix directory found.")
 
-    return True
-
 
 def webdav_ensure_path(remote_path: str) -> None:
     remote_path = f"{SETTINGS.webdav_prefix}/{remote_path}"