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Flask Cheatsheet
Haris Ali Khan

July 1, 2022 2 min read

Importing Flask

from flask import Flask

Most used import functions

These are some of the most used import functions by flask developers

from flask import Flask, render_template, redirect, url_for, request

Boilerplate code
This is the basic template or barebone structure of a Flask app

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def hello_world():
return "<p>Hello, World!</p>"

app.run()

Creating a route
This is to make different endpoints in our flask app.

@app.route("/")

Setting Allowed methods

Used to specify which methods are allowed for a request. Allowing get and post requests on an endpoint.

methods = ['GET', 'POST']

Re-run while coding

This is used to automatically rerun the program when the file is saved.

app.run(debug=True)

Change host

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This is used to change the host.

app.
app.run
run(
(host
host=
='0.0.0.0'
'0.0.0.0')
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Change port
This is used to change the port.

app.
app.run
run(
(port
port=
=80
80)
)

Importing SQLAlchemy

from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy

Database URI
This is the database's address.

app.
app.config
config[
['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'
'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']
] = 'mysql://username:password@localhost/db_name'

or

app.
app.config[
config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']
'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///test.db'

Initialization
This is used to initialize SQLAlchemy.

SQLAlchemy(
db = SQLAlchemy (app
app))

Creating a Model
Class used to get data from the database and to send data to the database.

TableName(
class TableName (db
db.
.Model
Model)
):
db.
column_1 = db .Column
Column((db
db.
.Integer
Integer,, primary_key
primary_key=
=True
True)
)
db.
column_2 = db .Column
Column((db
db.
.String
String(
(80
80)
), nullable
nullable=
=False
False)
)
db.
column_3 = db .Column
Column(
(db
db.
.String
String(
(12
12)
), nullable
nullable=
=False
False)
)

Get all data - all() method

This is used to get all the data from the database.

ClassName.
data = ClassName.query
query.
.filter_by
filter_by(
().all
all(
()

Filtered data - first() method

This is used to get the first dataset from the list returned by the filter_by function. You can get targetted data by this.

ClassName.
data = ClassName.query
query.
.filter_by
filter_by(
().first
first(
()

Send/add data to database

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This is used to send/add data to the database.

data_to_send = ClassName(column_1=dataset1, column_2=dataset2, column_3=dataset3)

db.session.add(data_to_send)
db.session.commit()

Delete data from the database

This is used to delete data from the database.

data_to_send = ClassName(column_1=dataset1, column_2=dataset2, column_3=dataset3)

db.session.delete(data_to_send)
db.session.commit()

Request method
This is used to know what request is made (get/post).

request.method

Render Template
This is used to pass and render an html file directly.

render_template("file.html")

Solving FSADeprecationWarning
SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS allows you to disable the modification tracking system using this line:

app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False

Creating Database files

This is used to create database files

from yourapplicationname import db

db.create_all()
exit()

Method to return database items

This is used to return database items.

def __repr__(self) -> str:

return f"{self.item}"

Printing returned content from the method

This is used to print returned database items.

data = ClassNameWithMethod.query.all()
print(data)

Flask Documentation
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Visit the Flask documentation here

Flask SQLAlchemy Documentation

Visit the Flask SQLAlchemy documentation here

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