Backend: Route/method to get pylint parse results of project files.

backend/app.py

-import os, sys
+import os, sys, subprocess, shutil
 import random
 
-from __init__ import app
-import database_helper as db
-from socketio_helper import socketio
-
 import logging
 from flask import Flask, request, jsonify, Response, json
 from flask_jwt_extended import JWTManager
@@ -14,6 +10,10 @@ from flask_bcrypt import Bcrypt
 from base64 import b64decode
 from datetime import datetime
 
+from __init__ import app
+import database_helper as db
+from socketio_helper import socketio
+
 flask_bcrypt = Bcrypt(app)
 jwt = JWTManager(app)
 
@@ -385,6 +385,33 @@ def delete_project_request(project_id):
             'message': 'Successfully deleted project'
         }), OK_STATUS_CODE)
 
+@app.route('/api/parse_project_files/<project_id>', methods=['GET'])
+@jwt_required
+def parse_file_request(project_id):
+    if db.get_project(project_id):
+        os.mkdir(str(project_id))
+        for file in db.get_project_files(project_id):
+            dir_name = str(project_id) + ('/' + file['parent'] if file['parent'] else '')
+            if not os.path.exists(dir_name):
+                os.makedirs(dir_name)
+            if not file['isFolder']:
+                f = open(dir_name + '/' + file['name'], "a+")
+                f.write(file['content'])
+                f.close()
+        result = subprocess.run(['pylint', '--output-format=json', str(project_id) + '/'],\
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
+        shutil.rmtree(str(project_id))
+        return generate_response(jsonify({
+            'success': True,
+            'message': 'Successfully parsed file.',
+            'result': result
+        }), OK_STATUS_CODE)
+    else:
+        return generate_response(jsonify({
+            'success': False,
+            'message': 'No such file'
+        }), BAD_REQUEST_STATUS_CODE)
+
 ### FILE ###
 @app.route('/api/create_file', methods=['POST'])
 @jwt_required
@@ -407,7 +434,6 @@ def create_file_request():
     return generate_response(db.file_schema.jsonify(
         new_file), OK_STATUS_CODE)
 
-
 @app.route('/api/update_file/<file_id>', methods=['PUT'])
 @jwt_required
 def update_file_request(file_id):