added / implemented group API

__init__.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Backend base module
 """
 
 import jwt
+import requests
 from flask import Flask, jsonify
 from flask_httpauth import HTTPTokenAuth, HTTPBasicAuth, MultiAuth
 from flask_jwt_extended import JWTManager, decode_token
@@ -46,7 +47,10 @@ multi_auth = MultiAuth(basic_auth, jwt_auth)
 
 from backend.auth import oidc_auth, auth_bp
 
-oidc_auth.init_app(app)
+try:
+    oidc_auth.init_app(app)
+except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as err:
+    app.logger.error("Could not connect to OIDC!!", err)
 
 # oidc_multi_auth = MultiAuth(oidc_auth, jwt_auth) <- can't work as OIDCAuthentication not implementing HTTPAuth