Change verbs to use short lived database connections

data/database.py

@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ class CallableProxy(Proxy):
       raise AttributeError('Cannot use uninitialized Proxy.')
     return self.obj(*args, **kwargs)
 
+class UseThenDisconnect(object):
+  """ Helper object for conducting work with a database and then tearing it down. """
+
+  def __init__(self, config_object):
+    self.config_object = config_object
+
+  def __enter__(self):
+    configure(self.config_object)
+
+  def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
+    close_db_filter(None)
+
+
 db = Proxy()
 read_slave = Proxy()
 db_random_func = CallableProxy()