flask arguments code example

Example 1: simple flask app

# Extremely simple flask application, will display 'Hello World!' on the screen when you run it
# Access it by running it, then going to whatever port its running on (It'll say which port it's running on).
from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def hello_world():
    return 'Hello, World!'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run()

Example 2: flask how to run app

$ export FLASK_APP=hello.py
$ python -m flask run
 * Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/

Example 3: flask get with parameters

from flask import request

@app.route('/my-route')
def my_route():
  page = request.args.get('page', default = 1, type = int)
  filter = request.args.get('filter', default = '*', type = str)

Example 4: get arguments from url flask

from flask import request

@app.route(...)
def login():
    username = request.args.get('username')
    password = request.args.get('password')

Example 5: flask get with parameters

/my-route?page=34               -> page: 34  filter: '*'
/my-route                       -> page:  1  filter: '*'
/my-route?page=10&filter=test   -> page: 10  filter: 'test'
/my-route?page=10&filter=10     -> page: 10  filter: '10'
/my-route?page=*&filter=*       -> page:  1  filter: '*'

Example 6: flask app.route

@app.route("/route/to/page")
def what_to_display_when_someone_goes_here():
    return("Whatever.")