nopaque/app/profile/tasks.py

from ..decorators import background
from ..models import User
import os
import shutil


@background
def delete_user(user_id, *args, **kwargs):
    app = kwargs['app']
    with app.app_context():
        user = User.query.get(user_id)
        if user is None:
            raise Exception('User {} not found!'.format(user_id))
        path = os.path.join(app.config['NOPAQUE_STORAGE'], str(user.id))
        shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_errors=True)
        user.delete()