Flask-JSON is a simple extension that adds better JSON support to Flask application.
Features:
- Works on python 3.3+ and Flask 2.2+.
- More ways to generate JSON responses (comparing to plain Flask).
- Extended JSON encoding support.
Here is fast example:
from datetime import datetime
from flask import Flask
from flask_json import FlaskJSON, JsonError, json_response, as_json
app = Flask(__name__)
FlaskJSON(app)
@app.route('/get_time')
def get_time():
return json_response(time=datetime.utcnow())
@app.route('/get_time_and_value')
@as_json
def get_time_and_value():
return dict(time=datetime.utcnow(), value=12)
@app.route('/raise_error')
def raise_error():
raise JsonError(description='Example text.', code=123)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run()
Responses:
Documentation is available on Read the Docs.