lots of progress on input processing

app/__init__.py

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+from flask import Flask
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from config import config
+
+db = SQLAlchemy()
+
+def create_app(config_name='default'):
+    app = Flask(__name__)
+    app.config.from_object(config[config_name])
+    
+    db.init_app(app)
+    
+    from app.routes import main
+    app.register_blueprint(main)
+    
+    return app