Accept both json and raw data payloads for the state of the switch

jsonandrawdatapayloads.py

@app.route("/Outlets/api/outlets/<int:groupNumber>/<int:buttonNumber>",methods=["PUT","POST"])
def update_outlet_state(groupNumber, buttonNumber):
    state=None
    if request.json is not None:
        state=request.json.get("state")
    else:
        state=request.data

    if (state is None):
        abort(400)
    if (state.lower() != 'on' and state.lower() != 'off'):
        abort(400)