Merge pull request #14 from opencobra/constructor_dev

fix: launch Matlab when needed

Author: Yifang-Guo

curationTool/reactions/apps.py

@@ -6,6 +6,4 @@ class ReactionsConfig(AppConfig):
     default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
     name = "reactions"
 
-    def ready(self):
-        # Start MATLAB session once at startup
-        MatlabSessionManager()
+   

curationTool/reactions/views/vmh_views.py

@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ def add_to_vmh(request):
                         metabolite_abbr=abbr,
                     )
             else:
+                matlab_session.quit()
                 return JsonResponse(
                     {'status': 'error', 'message': matlab_result['message']})
     reaction_formulas = [
@@ -634,10 +635,12 @@ def add_to_vmh(request):
             workspace = Workspace.objects.get(user=user)
             reaction_obj = reaction_objs[idx]  # already loaded!
             workspace.reactions.remove(reaction_obj)
+        matlab_session.quit()
         return JsonResponse({'status': 'success',
                              'rxn_added_info': rxn_added_info,
                              'met_added_info': met_added_info})
 
+    matlab_session.quit()
     return JsonResponse(
         {'status': 'error', 'message': matlab_result['message']})