Flask is a micro-framework for Python based on Werkzeug, Jinja 2 and good intentions.
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Is it worth to refactor tens of ifs due to cyclomatic complexity [on hold]
Unfortunately I cannot share the source, however imagine a flask (python) code that takes a post request with a rather big object and based on it's children, it's doing various things. Generally ...
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Alternative session token implementation in flask
Here is my implementation of an alternative session token. The idea is to reset session_token every time get_id is called, so (I ...
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Class of file uploading to S3 using boto with multipart supported
I'm writing an app by Flask with a feature to upload large file to S3 and made a class to handle this.
I have some targets in writing code:
Code must be easy to understand and maintain. (Yes, ...
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SQLite database for a micro/tumble blog application
I'm creating a personal website where, among other things, there is a blog, or a "microblog" (I'm still not sure how to define the two), where I will be writing articles and having users, who will ...
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Online Snake v0.1 with Python-flask and socketio
What I am essentially doing is writing a snake game that everybody could play on the internet, broadcast their game if they like and so on. Now it looks like this, just websocket-based snake, no user ...
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Using Flask-SocketIO in conjunction with Flask-WTF / WTForms to provide realtime form validation feedback
I am working on a user login using Flask and the following extensions: Flask-Login, Flask-WTF, ...
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Run a potentially long running application from within a Python webserver and return different results depending on whether the application finishes
I want an API on a Flask/Gunicorn webserver to make a call to a separate, potentially long-running java application. If the java application finishes before the Gunicorn timeout, Flask should return ...
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Implementing Flask create_app function with SqlAlchemy
I have a simple Flask app that realises rest-api with SQLAlchemy. I have written this create_app function:
views.py
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Flask json rpc2.0 extension
I created a simple extension to handle JSON RPC 2.0 requests on flask
I would like some feedback regarding usage
here is an usage example:
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Utility Class for CRUD Operations in a Flask App
I'm new to Flask and Python and am trying to sort out the most pythonic way to modularize my utilities. I have models.py which have my sqlalchemy models and ...
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login_required decorator in Flask
I have 2 Flask apps (different projects) that work together . One implements some API which uses tokens for auth. The second one consumes the API and makes a web interface for it. Now I have a login ...
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Python GUI by QtWebkit and Flask
I'm new to Python. For learning purposes, I want to create desktop application by using QtWebKit and Flask. You can find the source code here
Main idea is:
create a form including a QWebview widget
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Simple login system using Python Flask and MySQL
I've made a login page using Python Flask which works with MySQL. I started learning Flask 2 days ago and it was fun, so I came up with this:
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Jinja template with Flask
I have this code querying for some objects from my database with Flask-SQLAlchemy:
areas = Area.query.all()
subareas = Subarea.query.all()
And then I use it on ...
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Extension pattern in a flask controller using importlib 2.0
The first edition of the code can be found in this 1.0 version.
To summarize the problem :
I have an endpoint in flask where the work logic change according to the query
I am trying to implement an ...
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Extension pattern in a flask controller using importlib
I am trying to load a module according to some settings. I have found a working solution but I need a confirmation from an advanced python developer that this solution is the best performance wise as ...
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Add user to a database and perform relevant checks
Below is a function that adds a new user to the database using their email and password. I am using Flask and SQLAlchemy.
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Fetching and displaying the provisioning status of a phone number
I have the following function:
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Flask form validation technique
This is currently the code that I'm using to validate and check for errors in a flask app, where the form fields are coming from a /registration html page:
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Flask route to pull data from database for getJSON to process
I am developing a reporting application in Flask where I pull data in a route function from a postgresql database and jsonify the data. On the client side I have ...
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Is this implementation for token based authentication in flask-peewee secure and efficient?
I'm making an app with a Flask API backend using a Flask-Peewee ORM and an AngularJS frontend.
The Flask-Peewee ORM doesn't support token based authentication, so I decided to try to implement this ...
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Utilization of Steam APIs and web-scraping
Some background info here:
This is a small fun project I made utilizing Steam APIs and web-scraping
This is the first time I've ever used Python, so I'm not very familiar with the language
I used ...
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Structure of database model for a Flask project
I'm working on a project with Flask and I'm trying to follow Miguel Grinberg's Flask tutorial as closely as possible while creating what I need for my own project.
Overall, how does it look? Miguel's ...
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Simple web application for benchmark
There is an article where the author tries to compare performance of different web stacks. The result looks pretty controversial.
I try to prove that in real use case the difference between scores of ...
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How to better indent multiline strings with many string formatting args?
I have a function, that is used in flask, for logging application errors:
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Multi-dictionary API using Python Flask-RESTful
I'm working on a simple online dictionary tool, using Python Flask-RESTful as the RESTful API backend. The dictionary tool is modular, it can handle multiple dictionaries, implemented as independent ...
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Catching API changes for a service that doesn't version its API
I'm using the old Google Data API to access several spreadsheets and put their contents in a database using Flask and SQLAlchemy. Each run deletes the contents of the database tables and repopulates ...
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Subclassing Flask for Permissions with Google App Engine
I'm trying to set up a very lightweight permission system using Google App Engine and Flask.
The end result I am hoping for is that each individual view is its own permission, and in an admin panel ...
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Caching a function view for a day
I am writing a flask app that I will deploy it on Heroku to test it. There is a page that will generate daily photos and information based on a JSON file. The view is valid for 24 hours beginning from ...
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Providing a daily feed of current segmented customer data for targeted email campaigns
I just started with Python a month ago, and with Flask this week. This is my first project.
I am curious about general style, proper use of Python idioms, and Flask best-practices.
run.py:
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Python flask web app, simplification
I am writing web application using flask framework + mongodb. I have an issue, should I use classes for my mongo entities or just use dictionaries for them.
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Simple Python Flash app using Wikidot API to transfer pages between two wikis
Here's a simple Python Flask app. It uses the Wikidot API to transfer pages between two wikis. I'd like to hear your input on the best way to refactor this code. Here are a couple of questions I ...
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Database calls with Python Flask and SQLAlchemy
I am creating a Python Flask webservice and this is basically how I am doing all of my database calls if a webservice needs to interact with the database:
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Flask-SQLAlchemy models and unit-testing
This is my first time building anything remotely like a robust database. I'm midway through designing it and I would be grateful if you have suggestions or have found any logical errors.
Goal: allow ...
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Authentication for a Flask API
I've written a couple of functions to check if a consumer of the API should be authenticated to use it or not.
Have I done anything blatantly wrong here?
Config
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Contest assist web app
This is a small web application that I have created using the Flask framework.
I am looking for best practices feedback, as well as design pointers. I am not confident that my design choices have ...
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Python RESTful image handler
This is a view as part of a RESTful image handler module, written for Flask, I am sure there is a better/more pythonic way of doing parts of this, maybe using List Comprehensions or Generator ...
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Security of simple client/server desktop app
I am writing an application aimed at the desktop but using web technologies. It will have an HTML interface and a server written in Python using Flask will do all of the filesystem interaction. It ...
