+ # app.run(host=host,
+ # port=port,
+ # debug=True,
+ # use_reloader=False # this is needed to run Flask in a non-main thread
+ # )
+ http_server = WSGIServer((host, port), app, log=open("/dev/null", "w"))
+ http_server.serve_forever()
+
+
+def stop_rest_api():
+ if http_server:
+ http_server.close()