Flask-Helmet

Flask-Helmet is a Flask extension that makes it easy to add security headers to your HTTP responses. The goal of this project is to help you build more secure web applications by providing a simple and flexible API for adding headers that improve the security of your application.

Installation

You can install Flask-Helmet using pip:

pip install flask-helmet

Usage

To use Flask-Helmet in your Flask application, you need to do the following:

Import the extension:

from flask_helmet import FlaskHelmet

Initialize the extension:

helmet = FlaskHelmet()
helmet.init_app(app)

Headers

Flask-Helmet supports the following headers:
X-XSS-Protection: This header is used to configure the browser's XSS
X-Content-Type-Options: This header is used to prevent browsers from interpreting files as a different MIME type.
Content-Security-Policy: This header is used to control the resources that a browser is allowed to load for a given page.
X-Frame-Options: This header prevents browsers from displaying the content of the site in a frame.
Strict-Transport-Security: This header enforces secure (HTTPS) connections to the server.
Referrer-Policy: This header specifies the value of the Referer header sent with requests.
X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies: This header controls the delivery of Adobe Flash content, including Flash cookies (LSOs).
X-Download-Options: This header tells Internet Explorer 8 and later to prevent file downloads from executing.
X-DNS-Prefetch-Control: This header controls browser DNS prefetching.
X-Powered-By: This header identifies the technology used to build the site.

For more information on the headers supported by Flask-Helmet, see the official documentation.

Contributing

If you want to contribute to Flask-Helmet, you can do so by submitting a pull request on Github. Before submitting your pull request, be sure to run the tests and make sure that your code follows the PEP 8 style guide.

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your changes.
3. Make your changes and write tests for them.
4. Submit a pull request.

License

Flask-Helmet is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

We welcome contributions to this library. If you have an idea for a new feature or have found a bug, please open an issue on Github.

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