Migrate from Flask to Quart for ASGI async support

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Converts BlockPy server from Flask (WSGI) to Quart (ASGI) to enable async/await patterns and improved concurrency. Quart maintains Flask's API, requiring minimal code changes.

Core Changes

• Framework: Flask 3.0.0 → Quart 0.20.0
• Server: Gunicorn → Hypercorn (ASGI)
• App class: CustomFlask → CustomQuart
• Entry point: Added asgi.py for ASGI deployment

Import Updates

Updated 30+ files from from flask import to from quart import:

• All controllers and endpoints
• Models and tasks modules
• Test configuration

Context Handling

Removed synchronous app context from setup in main.py:

# Before (Flask)
with app.app_context():
    setup_jinja_filters(app)
    setup_logging(app)
    create_blueprints(app)

# After (Quart) - context not needed for setup
setup_jinja_filters(app)
setup_logging(app)
create_blueprints(app)

Tasks System

Removed @current_app.huey.task() decorators from tasks/tasks.py to avoid import-time app context access. Tasks remain as regular functions, can be decorated post-initialization if needed.

Test Fixtures

Updated tests/conftest.py to handle Quart's async context using asyncio event loop for synchronous test compatibility.

Compatibility

All Flask extensions work unchanged:

• flask-sqlalchemy, flask-security-too, flask-jwt-extended
• flask-mail, flask-wtf, flask-migrate
• flask-assets, flask-admin

Routes and existing patterns remain identical. Optional async route handlers now supported:

@blueprint.route('/example')
async def async_route():
    result = await some_async_operation()
    return jsonify(result)

Deployment

Deploy with Hypercorn instead of Gunicorn:

hypercorn asgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8888

Procfile and Docker entrypoint updated accordingly.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Convert from Flask to Quart</issue_title>
<issue_description>Quart is an asynchronous version of Flask. https://quart.palletsprojects.com/en/latest/how_to_guides/flask_migration/

We need to port over the library, make sure all the extensions work, and that the tests all still pass.</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Convert from Flask to Quart #93

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