flask route query parameters code example

Example 1: python flask query params

from flask import request

@app.route('/data')
def data():
    # here we want to get the value of user (i.e. ?user=some-value)
    user = request.args.get('user')

Example 2: 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 3: 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: '*'