Flask Rest Api Example Route

flaskrestex.py

@app.route('/users/<username>', methods = ['GET', 'POST', 'PATCH', 'DELETE'])
@requires_auth
def api_user(username):
    current_user = User.get(request.authorization.username)

    app.logger.debug("req.auth.username = %s", request.authorization.username)

    # Only "SELF" can access/modify user info
    if current_user.username != username:
        return unauthorized()

    app.logger.debug("Inside /users/%s" % username)

    # GET
    if request.method == 'GET':
        app.logger.debug("METHOD IS GET")
        rendered = current_user.json()
        # @TODO IMPLEMENT THE MIMETYPE PROPERLY INSIDE USER
        #mimetype = 'application/vnd.newsrdr.com.user+json;version=1.0'
        mimetype = 'application/json'
        return Response(rendered, 200, mimetype=mimetype)

    # PATCH/POST
    if request.method == 'PATCH' or request.method == 'POST':
        app.logger.debug("METHOD IS PATCH OR POST")
        app.logger.debug("r.data = %s" % request.data)

        if current_user.update(request.json) is False:
            return bad_request(info=request.json)

        mimetype = 'application/json'
        return Response(status=200, mimetype=mimetype)


    if request.method == 'DELETE':
        mimetype='application/json'
        return Response(status=501, mimetype=mimetype)
    

    # METHOD NOT ALLOWED
    return Response(status=405)