merriam/gist:7669828

## gistfile1.txt
from flask import g
from werkzeug import escape   # so "<sqlInstance ... >" isn't taken as a tag.

@app.route("/show_user_data")
def show_user_data():
    """ show the user date, i.e., the flask.g data """

    ## The dump_val() function is what you might want to reuse.
    def dump_val(key, value):
        """ return an html snippet with lists for dictionaries. . """
        if isinstance(value, dict):
            html = ["{!s} = <i>{!s}</i><ul>".format(key, value.__class__.__name__)]
            for k, v in value.items():
                name = str(key) + "." + str(k)
                html.append("<li>{}</li>".format(dump_val(name, v)))
            html.append("</ul>")
            return "\n".join(html)
        else:
            return "{!s} = {}<br>\n".format(key, escape(str(value)))

    assert DEBUG   # callable only in development   ## Flask variable
    grab_user()    ## Something I use to grab the user from the db.
    out_html = "\n".join(("<body>",
                        dump_val("g", g.__dict__),   ## Flask g is not iterable by itself.
                        "</body>"))
    return make_response(out_html)
	from flask import g
	from werkzeug import escape # so "<sqlInstance ... >" isn't taken as a tag.

	@app.route("/show_user_data")
	def show_user_data():
	""" show the user date, i.e., the flask.g data """

	## The dump_val() function is what you might want to reuse.
	def dump_val(key, value):
	""" return an html snippet with lists for dictionaries. . """
	if isinstance(value, dict):
	html = ["{!s} = <i>{!s}</i><ul>".format(key, value.__class__.__name__)]
	for k, v in value.items():
	name = str(key) + "." + str(k)
	html.append("<li>{}</li>".format(dump_val(name, v)))
	html.append("</ul>")
	return "\n".join(html)
	else:
	return "{!s} = {}<br>\n".format(key, escape(str(value)))

	assert DEBUG # callable only in development ## Flask variable
	grab_user() ## Something I use to grab the user from the db.
	out_html = "\n".join(("<body>",
	dump_val("g", g.__dict__), ## Flask g is not iterable by itself.
	"</body>"))
	return make_response(out_html)