Flask Snippets

app.py

from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
sched = Scheduler()

def eat():
    print("I'm eating a sandwich")

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['DEBUG'] = True

@app.route('/', methods=["GET"])
def index():
    return "Hello"

if __name__=='__main__':
    sched.add_date_job(lambda: eat(), datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=3))
    sched.start()
    app.run("0.0.0.0")

log-request time

from flask import g

"""
    Log response time for requests
"""
@app.before_request
def before_request():
    import time
    g.request_start_time = time.time()
    g.request_time = lambda: "%.5fs" % (time.time() - g.request_start_time)

@app.after_request
def after_request(resp):
    print(g.request_time()) # Time taken to process the request
    return resp