Make testing much faster by using a save point, rather than recreating the database every test

data/database.py

@@ -12,16 +12,6 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 db = app.config['DB_DRIVER'](app.config['DB_NAME'],
                              **app.config['DB_CONNECTION_ARGS'])
 
-
-def close_db(exc):
-  if not db.is_closed():
-    logger.debug('Disconnecting from database.')
-    db.close()
-
-
-app.teardown_request(close_db)
-
-
 def random_string_generator(length=16):
   def random_string():
     random = SystemRandom()