beginning to add user session functionality

api.py

@@ -8,14 +8,26 @@
 import connexion # Imports connexion module
 from config import CONFIG # Imports the configuration file
 from manager import * # Imports the Manager file that contains the functions for the API
+from flask import Flask, session, jsonify, request # Imports the Flask module
+from flask_session import Session # Imports the session module 
 
 #################
 ### Connexion ###
 #################
 
-def API():
+def create_app():
     app = connexion.FlaskApp(__name__)
     app.add_api(CONFIG["api_file"]["name"])
+
+    flask_app = app.app
+    flask_app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = CONFIG["sessions"]["secret_key"]
+    flask_app.config['SESSION_TYPE'] = 'filesystem'
+
+    Session(flask_app)
+    return app
+
+def API():
+    app = create_app()
     app.run(host=CONFIG["server"]["listen_ip"], port=CONFIG["server"]["port"], debug=CONFIG["server"]["debug"]) # Runs the API using the configuration file
 
 ################