Flask HTTP Middleware

Installation

pip install flask-http-middleware

Description

A module to create flask middleware with direct access to request and response.

This module implement the starlette's (FastAPI) BaseHTTPMiddleware style to Flask.

Changelogs

• v0.0
  • First Upload
• v0.1
  • Allow middlewares stacking
• v0.2
  • Add support for flask>=2.2.x
• v0.3
  • Add support for flask>=2.3.x
• v0.4
  • Add support for flask>=3.x

How to use ?

Example: adding a response header

import time
from flask import Flask
from flask_http_middleware import MiddlewareManager, BaseHTTPMiddleware

app = Flask(__name__)

class MetricsMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

    def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
        t0 = time.time()
        response = call_next(request)
        response_time = time.time()-t0
        response.headers.add("response_time", response_time)
        return response

app.wsgi_app = MiddlewareManager(app)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(MetricsMiddleware)

@app.get("/health")
def health():
    return {"message":"I'm healthy"}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

• Note: you can put your MetricsMiddleware class in different file

Above example is equals with app.before_request and app.after_request decorated function.

@app.before_request
def start_metrics():
    g.t0 = time.time()

@app.after_request
def stop_metrics(response):
    response_time = time.time()-g.t0
    response.headers.add("response_time", response_time)
    return response

Example: Authentication

import time
from flask import Flask, jsonify
from flask_http_middleware import MiddlewareManager, BaseHTTPMiddleware

app = Flask(__name__)

class AccessMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

    def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
        if request.headers.get("token") == "secret":
            return call_next(request)
        else:
            return jsonify({"message":"invalid token"})

app.wsgi_app = MiddlewareManager(app)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(AccessMiddleware)

@app.get("/health")
def health():
    return {"message":"I'm healthy"}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

Example: add some routers security

import time
from flask import Flask, jsonify
from flask_http_middleware import MiddlewareManager, BaseHTTPMiddleware

app = Flask(__name__)

class SecureRoutersMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
    def __init__(self, secured_routers = []):
        super().__init__()
        self.secured_routers = secured_routers

    def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
        if request.path in self.secured_routers:
            if request.headers.get("token") == "secret":
                return call_next(request)
            else:
                return jsonify({"message":"invalid token"})
        else:
            return call_next(request)

secured_routers = ["/check_secured"]

app.wsgi_app = MiddlewareManager(app)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(SecureRoutersMiddleware, secured_routers=secured_routers)

@app.get("/health")
def health():
    return {"message":"I'm healthy"}

@app.get("/check_secured")
def health():
    return {"message":"Security bypassed"}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

Example: add error handling

import time
from flask import Flask, jsonify
from flask_http_middleware import MiddlewareManager, BaseHTTPMiddleware

app = Flask(__name__)

class AccessMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

    def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
        if request.headers.get("token") == "secret":
            return call_next(request)
        else:
            raise Exception("Authentication Failed")

    def error_handler(self, error):
        return jsonify({"error": str(error)})

app.wsgi_app = MiddlewareManager(app)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(AccessMiddleware)

@app.get("/health")
def health():
    return {"message":"I'm healthy"}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

Example: Stacking Middleware

You can also stack your middleware

middleware.py

import time
from flask import jsonify
from flask_http_middleware import BaseHTTPMiddleware

class AccessMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

    def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
        if request.headers.get("token") == "secret":
            return call_next(request)
        else:
            raise Exception("Authentication Failed")

    def error_handler(self, error):
        return jsonify({"error": str(error)})


class MetricsMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

    def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
        t0 = time.time()
        response = call_next(request)
        response_time = time.time()-t0
        response.headers.add("response_time", response_time)
        return response


class SecureRoutersMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
    def __init__(self, secured_routers = []):
        super().__init__()
        self.secured_routers = secured_routers

    def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
        if request.path in self.secured_routers:
            if request.headers.get("token") == "secret":
                return call_next(request)
            else:
                return jsonify({"message":"invalid token"})
        else:
            return call_next(request)

your main.py

import time
from flask import Flask, jsonify
from flask_http_middleware import MiddlewareManager
from middleware import AccessMiddleware, MetricsMiddleware, SecureRoutersMiddleware

app = Flask(__name__)

my_secured_routers = ["/check_secured"]

app.wsgi_app = MiddlewareManager(app)

app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(AccessMiddleware)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(MetricsMiddleware)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(SecureRoutersMiddleware, secured_routers=my_secured_routers)

@app.get("/health")
def health():
    return {"message":"I'm healthy"}

@app.get("/check_secured")
def health():
    return {"message":"Security bypassed"}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()