Updated gitignore and resolved issues with creating the app

.gitignore

@@ -237,5 +237,8 @@ cython_debug/
 #  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-#.idea/
+.idea/
+
+# Ignore log files
+**.log
 

app/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from logging import Logger, Formatter, getLogger, DEBUG, INFO, FileHandler
 
 
 def load_config_from_environ(app: Flask) -> Flask:
-    for env_var in os.environ.keys().filter(lambda x: x.startswith(app.name.upper())):
+    for env_var in filter(lambda x: x.startswith(app.name.upper()), os.environ.keys()):
         config_name = env_var[len(app.name):]
         app.config[config_name] = os.environ[env_var]
 
@@ -12,20 +12,22 @@ def load_config_from_environ(app: Flask) -> Flask:
 
 
 def init_logger(app: Flask, log_level=INFO) -> Flask:
-    logger = getLogger(__name__)
+    logger = getLogger(app.name)
     formatter = Formatter(f'[%(asctime)s] {app.name.upper()} %(levelname)s: %(message)s (%(filename)s.%(funcName)s)')
-    logger.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.setLevel(log_level)
     to_file = FileHandler(os.environ.get('APP_LOG_PATH', f'./{app.name}.log'))
+    to_file.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(to_file)
 
     app.logger = logger
     return app
 
 
-def create_app() -> Flask:
-    app = Flask(__name__)
+def create_app(app_name: str='MRE') -> Flask:
+    app = Flask(app_name)
     app = load_config_from_environ(app)
     app = init_logger(app)
 
+    app.logger.info(app.name)
+
     return app