def get_next_id(self):
        try:
            query = {'_id': 'last_id'}
            update = {'$inc': {'id': 1}}
            fn = self.db.internal.find_and_modify
            row = fn(query, update, upsert=True, new=True)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return row['id']
def ignoring_sigint(cls):
        """A contextmanager which disables handling sigint in the current signal handler. This
        allows threads that are not the main thread to ignore sigint.

        NB: Only use this if you can't use ExceptionSink.trapped_signals().

        Class state:
        - Toggles `self._ignore_sigint` in `cls._signal_handler`.
        """
        with cls._signal_handler._ignoring_sigint():
            yield