#Flask Cheat Sheet and Quick Reference

#Barebones App #Access Request Data

from flask import Flask request.args['name'] #query string arguments
#Useful Plugins
request.form['name'] #form data
app = Flask(__name__) Flask-PyMongo - http://readthedocs.org/docs/flask-pymongo/
request.method #request type
request.cookies.get('cookie_name') #cookies
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request.files['name'] #files
def hello():
return 'Hello, World!' #Redirect Flask-WTF - http://pythonhosted.org/Flask-WTF/

if __name__ == '__main__': from flask import url_for, redirect Flask-Mail - http://pythonhosted.org/Flask-Mail/

app.run(debug=True)
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#Routing def home():
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return render_template('home.html')
@app.route('/hello/<string:name>') # example.com/hello/Anthony
@app.route('/redirect') Flask-User - http://pythonhosted.org/Flask-User/
def hello(name):
return 'Hello ' + name + '!' # returns hello Anthony! def redirect_example():
return redirect(url_for('index')) #sends user to /home FLask-Login - http://pythonhosted.org/Flask-Login/
#Allowed Request Methods #Abort #Useful Links
@app.route('/test') #default. only allows GET requests from flask import abort()
@app.route('/test', methods=['GET', 'POST']) #allows only GET and POST. Flask Website - http://flask.pocoo.org
@app.route('/test', methods=['PUT']) #allows only PUT @app.route('/')
def index(): Pretty Printed Website - http://prettyprinted.com
#Configuration abort(404) #returns 404 error
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render_template('index.html') #this never gets executed
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#direct access to config
app.config['CONFIG_NAME'] = 'config value'
#Set Cookie
from flask import make_response
#import from an exported environment variable with a path to a config file
app.config.from_envvar('ENV_VAR_NAME') @app.route('/')
def index():
#Templates resp = make_response(render_template('index.html'))
resp.set_cookie('cookie_name', 'cookie_value')
from flask import render_template return resp

@app.route('/') #Session Handling

def index():
return render_template('template_file.html', var1=value1, ...) import session

#JSON Responses app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'any random string' #must be set to use sessions

import jsonify #set session

@app.route('/login_success')
@app.route('/returnstuff') def login_success():
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num_list = [1,2,3,4,5] session['key_name'] = 'key_value' #stores a secure cookie in browser
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num_dict = {'numbers' : num_list, 'name' : 'Numbers'}
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return redirect(url_for('index'))
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return jsonify({'output' : num_dict}) #read session
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@app.route('/')

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def index():

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if 'key_name' in session: #session exists and has key
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session_var = session['key_value']
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