#Flask Cheat Sheet and Quick Reference

#Barebones App #Access Request Data

from flask import Flask [Link]['name'] #query string arguments
#Useful Plugins
[Link]['name'] #form data
app = Flask(__name__) Flask-PyMongo - [Link]
[Link] #request type
[Link]('cookie_name') #cookies
@[Link]('/hello') Flask-SQLAlchemy - [Link]
[Link]['name'] #files
def hello():
return 'Hello, World!' #Redirect Flask-WTF - [Link]

if __name__ == '__main__': from flask import url_for, redirect Flask-Mail - [Link]

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

@[Link]('/') #Session Handling

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

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

import jsonify #set session

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