adding in try around __import__ to catch invalid files/paths (#1950)

flask/cli.py

@@ -86,7 +86,13 @@ def locate_app(app_id):
         module = app_id
         app_obj = None
 
-    __import__(module)
+    try:
+        __import__(module)
+    except ImportError:
+        raise NoAppException('The file/path provided (%s) does not appear to '
+                             'exist.  Please verify the path is correct.  If '
+                             'app is not on PYTHONPATH, ensure the extension '
+                             'is .py' % module)
     mod = sys.modules[module]
     if app_obj is None:
         app = find_best_app(mod)

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ def test_locate_app(test_apps):
     assert locate_app("cliapp.app").name == "testapp"
     assert locate_app("cliapp.app:testapp").name == "testapp"
     assert locate_app("cliapp.multiapp:app1").name == "app1"
+    pytest.raises(NoAppException, locate_app, "notanpp.py")
+    pytest.raises(NoAppException, locate_app, "cliapp/app")
     pytest.raises(RuntimeError, locate_app, "cliapp.app:notanapp")