flask-ligand 0.3.1

A simple flask library for building microservices with RBAC JWT security, OpenAPI client and SQLAlchemy database support.

A simple Flask library for building microservices with RBAC JWT security, OpenAPI client and SQLAlchemy database support.

Install

$ pip install flask-ligand

Resources

• Documentation

• Changelog

• Contributing

• License

Why Use this Library?

Using Flask to create a REST based microservice is a daunting process which will definitely require the use of many different Flask extensions which will really slow down the process of actually writing a functional REST microservice that can be used safely in a production environment. This library seeks to use the best Flask extensions loosely combined together to deliver a delightful developer experience by providing the following functionality out-of-the-box:

• Create database models using the industry standard SQLAlchemy ORM

• Leverage those same database models to create schemas for marshalling data in and out of your Flask endpoints defined via Blueprints

• Provide automatic SwaggerUI docs for quickly developing and testing your Flask application without the need of external tools like curl, Postman or Hoppscotch

• Generate OpenAPI clients for a variety of languages

  • Endpoints for generating Python and Typescript clients already included!

• Protect endpoints with JWT security with a OpenID Connect IAM like Auth0 or Keycloak

  • Optionally control access to endpoints using RBAC

• Easily manage database migrations using Alembic through the fantastic Flask-Migrate library and command-line tools