import time import redis from flask import Flask app = Flask(__name__) cache = redis.Redis(host='redis', port=6379) def get_count(): retries = 5 while True: try: return cache.incr('hits') except redis.exceptions.ConnectionError as exc: if retries == 0: raise exc retries -= 1 time.sleep(0.3) @app.route('/') def hello(): cnt = get_count() return 'Hello World! cnt={}\n'.format(cnt) if __name__ == '__main__': app.run(host='0.0.0.0', debug=True)