Flask-Fingerprint

This project is a lightweight Flask extension for cache-busting static assets via file hash or query parameter.

Installation

It's available from PyPi using pip:

pip install Flask-Fingerprint

Getting started

Using this library is straightforward:

from flask_fingerprint import Fingerprint

# Configuration
config = {
    'manifest': 'path/to/manifest.json',
    'extensions': ['js', 'css', 'jpg'],
    'hash_size': 12,
    'query': False,
}

# Option 1
Fingerprint(app, config)

# Option 2
ext = Fingerprint(config=config)
ext.init_app(app)

After that, url_for takes care of cache-busting your static assets auto-magically:

<!-- When enabled, this .. -->
<script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/main.js') }}"></script>

<!-- .. becomes this .. -->
<script src="/<static-folder>/js/main.f1l3h4sh.js"></script>

Unless passing a manifest file (as created by third-party tools like gulp-rev) or using query mode (see section 'Configuration'), you need to implement server rules to make this work.

Apache

Place the following snippet inside your .htaccess, right after RewriteBase:

# RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.([0-9a-z]{8})\.(js|css)$ $1.$3 [L]

Note: The {8} part has to match your hash_size (see section 'Configuration').

NGINX

Place the following snippet anywhere inside your virtual host setup:

location ~ (.+)\.(?:\w+)\.(js|css)$ {
    try_files $uri $1.$2;
}

Usage

__init__(app: Flask = None, config: dict = None)

Creates Fingerprint instance.

init_app(app: Flask, config: dict)

See __init__ above.

Note: flask_fingerprint also exposes a logger instance which might prove useful when debugging!

Configuration

When passing a config object (like in the example above), you may use the following options:

manifest: str:

Manifest file, mapping unbusted filenames & their busted revisions. Default: <static_folder>/manifest.json

extensions: list | str:

Allowed extensions. Default: ['css', 'js']

hash_size: int:

Length of file hash. Default: 8

query: bool:

Use query parameter instead of file hash. Default: False

Credits

This extension was inspired by other solutions for cache-busting assets in Flask applications.