flask-july 0.2.1

Minimalist Flask Addon for slapping bots using Proof-of-Work

July

Proof-of-Work (PoW) Security Measure to protect your flask apps from Bots and Scrapers

Setup

Simply set up July in a Flask App by typing

from flask import Flask
from flask_july import Flask_July

app = Flask(__name__)
app.config["SECRET_KEY"] = "Super Secret!"
july = Flask_July(app)

By default, once your app runs, it will show something like

(Don't worry! Anything under /static is always allowed to be accessed)

But what if you don't wanna include every Path? Well, using the below code, you can set up exclusions

july = Flask_July(app)


@july.validate
def validate_fn():
    if request.path.startswith("/no-bots-pls"): return True

In the Age of AI Scrapers, it's a feature that has almost been forgotten about, since it was only a sign, never a cop. However, in the Times of Web 2.0, developers would put up a little something called "robots.txt".

Now, Flask-July was originally meant to be a solution that did not allow entry to anywhere except for explicitly allowed paths. However, I've come to the conclusion that it would be smart for July to allow entry to the places robots.txt allows.

july = Flask_July(app, enable_robots=True, robotsfile="robots.txt", create_route=True) # Robots.txt should exist in that path.
# If "create_route" is set to true, July *will* create a route at /robots.txt, if not it won't.