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A composable toolkit for standing up Flask APIs without repeating yourself. Handles blueprint discovery, CORS, request parsing, endpoint introspection, and route generation — so the only code you write is the code that matters.

Install

pip install abstract_flask

Quickstart

# my_api/__init__.py
from . import routes
from abstract_flask import get_Flask_app

app = get_Flask_app(routes=routes, allowed_origins=["https://yourdomain.com"])

That's it. Blueprints are discovered from any *_bp objects in your routes module, CORS is applied, and introspection endpoints are registered automatically.

Full signature

app = get_Flask_app(
    name="my_api",              # Flask app name (default: caller's __name__)
    routes=routes,              # module to scan for *_bp Blueprints
    bp_list=None,               # or pass blueprints explicitly
    url_prefix="v1",            # prefix for blueprint registration + filtered /endpoints
    allowed_origins=["https://example.com"],
    supports_credentials=True,
)

Running

from abstract_flask import main_flask_start

main_flask_start(app, key_head="MYAPI", env_path=".env")
# reads MYAPI_DEBUG, MYAPI_HOST, MYAPI_PORT from env

Package structure

abstract_flask/
├── abstract_flask.py        # App factory, CORS, audit logging, introspection
├── request_utils/
│   ├── request_utils.py     # get_request_data, extract_request_data
│   ├── get_requests.py      # required_keys, execute_request, get_spec_kwargs
│   └── parse_utils.py       # parse_request, parse_and_spec_vars
├── network_utils/
│   └── ip_utils.py          # get_host_ip, get_user_ip, get_ip_addr
├── user_utils/
│   └── user_utils.py        # get_user_name (from request or fallback)
└── generator/
    ├── generateFlaskRoute.py # Auto-generate Flask routes from Python files
    └── help_utils.py         # ?help introspection for any endpoint

Core modules

App factory (abstract_flask.py)

Function Purpose
get_Flask_app(...) One-call app factory: blueprints, CORS, logging, introspection
get_bp(name, abs_path) Create a named Blueprint with a logger
main_flask_start(app) Run the app using env-driven host/port/debug

Every app gets these endpoints for free:

  • GET /endpoints — all registered routes
  • GET /<prefix>/endpoints — routes under that prefix
  • GET /prefixes — unique top-level route segments

Request utilities (request_utils/)

from abstract_flask.request_utils import get_request_data, required_keys, parse_request
  • get_request_data(req) — Returns a dict from JSON body, form data, or query string (checked in that order).
  • extract_request_data(req, res_type) — Full extraction: user, IP, headers, cookies, files, metadata. Pass res_type to narrow scope.
  • required_keys(keys, req, defaults) — Validate that required keys are present; returns the data dict or a 400 error payload.
  • parse_request(req) — Split a request into positional args and kwargs.
  • get_spec_kwargs(var_types, args, **kwargs) — Type-coerced argument extraction against a schema.

Route generator (generator/)

Auto-generate Flask endpoints from plain Python files:

from abstract_flask.generator import generate_from_files

source = generate_from_files(
    directory="./my_functions",
    bp_name="auto_bp",
    url_prefix="generated",
)

Every public function becomes a GET/POST endpoint. Async functions are preserved. Pass ?help to any generated endpoint to get parameter introspection via offer_help.

Register routes programmatically against an existing blueprint:

from abstract_flask.generator import register_category

register_category(bp, "math", {
    "add": lambda a, b: a + b,
    "multiply": lambda a, b: a * b,
})
# creates /math/add, /math/multiply

Network utilities (network_utils/)

from abstract_flask.network_utils import get_host_ip, get_user_ip

User utilities (user_utils/)

from abstract_flask.user_utils import get_user_name

Resolves username from the request's .user attribute, falling back to IP-based lookup via UserIPManager.

Dependencies

  • flask, flask_cors, werkzeug
  • abstract_utilities, abstract_security, abstract_queries

License

MIT

Author

putkoff — partners@abstractendeavors.com

Declarative Flask route schema

get_Flask_app accepts a nested route dictionary directly. Callable leaves keep its original GET/POST and { "result": ... } response convention. A route spec leaf can describe exact Flask behavior:

from abstract_flask import get_Flask_app

routes = {"fleet": {"worker": {
    "view": worker_detail,
    "rule": "/fleet/workers/<worker_id>",
    "methods": ["GET"],
    "inputs": "path",       # or "merged" for query/form/JSON plus URL variables
    "response": "native", # or "result" for the original response wrapper
}}}
app = get_Flask_app(name="fleet", routes=routes, dual_prefix="/api")

A spec may use rules for several URL aliases and endpoint to name the Flask endpoint. strict_slashes defaults to False; set it to True when migrating an exact existing URL contract. Native responses preserve Flask responses, status tuples, streaming responses, and ordinary dictionaries. URL variables take precedence over submitted fields in merged input mode.

An arm entry point in arms_group may export a route dictionary as well as a Blueprint. The factory creates and mounts its Blueprint automatically.

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