A la Evernote with supporting markdown

main.py

from flask import Flask, request, abort, render_template
from bson import ObjectId
from flask.ext.pymongo import PyMongo
from datetime import datetime
import json
from flask import Response

app = Flask(__name__)
mongo = PyMongo(app)


class MongoDocumentEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
    def default(self, o):
        if isinstance(o, datetime):
            return o.isoformat()
        elif isinstance(o, ObjectId):
            return str(o)
        return json.JSONEncoder(self, o)


@app.route("/")
def main_page():
    return render_template("notes.html", notes=mongo.db.notes.find())


@app.route("/note/<ObjectId:note_id>", methods=["GET"])
def one_note_page(note_id):
    note = mongo.db.notes.find_one({"_id": note_id})
    return render_template(
        "note.html", notes=mongo.db.notes.find(), note=note)


# API
@app.route("/api/note", methods=["GET"])
def get_notes():
    cursor = mongo.db.notes.find()
    notes = []
    for note in cursor:
        notes.append(note)
    return Response(
        json.dumps(notes, cls=MongoDocumentEncoder),
        mimetype='application/json')


@app.route("/api/note/<ObjectId:note_id>", methods=["GET"])
def get_note(note_id):
    note = mongo.db.notes.find_one({"_id": note_id})
    if note:
        return Response(
            json.dumps(note, cls=MongoDocumentEncoder),
            mimetype='application/json')
    abort(404)


@app.route("/api/note/<ObjectId:note_id>", methods=["DELETE"])
def delete_not(note_id):
    mongo.db.notes.remove({"_id": note_id})
    return Response("OK", mimetype='application/json')


@app.route("/api/note", methods=["POST"])
def new_note():
    note = request.form['note']
    title = request.form['title']
    mongo.db.notes.save({'title': title, 'note': note,
                        'date_created': datetime.utcnow()})
    return Response("OK", mimetype='application/json')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(debug=True)