Because each view in Flask is a function, decorators can be used to inject additional functionality to one or more functions. The route() decorator is the one you probably used already. But …

These types of patterns may be a bit outside the scope of Flask itself, but Flask makes it easy to implement them. Some common patterns are collected in the following pages.

Jan 25, 2014 · In general a decorator with no arguments besides the wrapped function requires just one inner function. In your first example requires_admin returns a function which in turn …

Sep 8, 2017 · The decorator adds your function to a data structure in Flask, and calls it when the inbound url matches the route. You will not see hello() , anywhere, it will more likely by …

Jun 4, 2019 · Today I'm starting a series of in-depth posts about different ways in which you can incorporate custom decorators into your Python applications. In this first part I'm going to show …

Flask Blueprints are a great tool for dealing with application complexity as it increases. You’ve learned: What Flask Blueprints are and how they work; How you can implement and use a …

May 10, 2017 · Decorator uses can be found throughout the framework, from defining routes to adding hooks to application/request lifecycle. In this small post, some use cases of decorators …

1. What are decorators? Python decorators are syntactic sugar for functions that return functions. Let’s take a look at a simple example of what this means. def my_function (): print ("Inside …

Feb 2, 2021 · Flask is advertised as a simple, lightweight framework to get you started quickly with Python web development. While that’s true, I find there isn’t enough guidance on how to …

Dec 3, 2023 · Decorators in Python, and by extension in Flask, are a powerful mechanism for adding functionality to existing functions. By understanding how to create and use decorators, …