flask-serialize 0.0.7

Easy to use JSON serialization and update/create for Flask and SQLAlchemey.

flask-serialize

Read / Write JSON serialization of models for Flask applications using SQLAlchemy

Add as a Mixin (FlaskSerializeMixin). This adds the properties and methods for serialization.

Example:

Model setup:

# example database model
from flask_serialize import FlaskSerializeMixin

# required to set class var db for writing to a database
from app import db

FlaskSerializeMixin.db = db

class Setting(FlaskSerializeMixin, db.Model):
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)

    setting_type = db.Column(db.String(120), index=True, default='misc')
    key = db.Column(db.String(120), index=True)
    value = db.Column(db.String(30000), default='')
    active = db.Column(db.String(1), default='y')
    created = db.Column(db.DateTime, default=datetime.utcnow)
    updated = db.Column(db.DateTime, default=datetime.utcnow)

    # serializer fields
    create_fields = update_fields = ['setting_type', 'value', 'key', 'active']

    # checks if Flask-Serialize can delete
    def can_delete(self):
        if self.value == '1234':
            raise Exception('Deletion not allowed.  Magic value!')

    # checks if Flask-Serialize can create/update
    def verify(self, create=False):
        if not self.key or len(self.key) < 1:
            raise Exception('Missing key')

        if not self.setting_type or len(self.setting_type) < 1:
            raise Exception('Missing setting type')

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<Setting %r %r %r>' % (self.id, self.setting_type, self.value)

Routes setup:

Get a single item as json.

@app.route('/get_setting/<item_id>', methods=['GET'])
def get_setting( item_id ):
    return Setting.get_delete_put(item_id)

Delete a single item.

@app.route('/delete_setting/<item_id>', methods=['DELETE'])
def delete_setting( item_id ):
    return Setting.get_delete_put(item_id)

Get all items as a json list.

@app.route('/get_setting_all', methods=['GET'])
def get_setting_all():
    return Setting.get_delete_put()

All of get all, get, put, and delete can be combined in one route.

@app.route('/setting/<int:item_id>', methods=['GET', 'PUT', 'DELETE'])
@app.route('/setting', methods=['GET'])
def route_setting_all(item_id=None):
    return Setting.get_delete_put(item_id)

Updating from a json object in the flask put request

JQuery example:

function put(setting_id) {
    return $.ajax({
        url: `/update_setting/${setting_id}`,
        method: 'PUT',
        contentType: "application/json",
        data: {setting_type:'x',value:'100'},
    }).then(() => alert('updated'));
}

Flask route:

@app.route('/update_setting/<int:item_id>', methods=['PUT'])
def update_setting(item_id):
    return Setting.get_delete_put(item_id)

Create or update from a WTF form:

@app.route('/setting_edit/<int:item_id>', methods=['POST'])
@app.route('/setting_add', methods=['POST'])
def setting_edit(item_id=None):
    if item_id:
        item = Setting.query.get_or_404(item_id)
    else:
        item = {}
    form = EditForm(obj=item)

    if form.validate_on_submit():
        if item_id:
            try:
                item.request_update_form()
                flash('Your changes have been saved.')
            except Exception as e:
                flash(str(e), category='danger')
            return redirect(url_for('setting_edit', item_id=item_id))
        else:
            try:
                new_item = Setting.request_create_form()
                flash('Setting created.')
                return redirect(url_for('setting_edit', item_id=new_item.id))
            except Exception as e:
                flash('Error creating item: ' + str(e))

    return render_template(
            'setting_edit.html',
            item=item,
            title='Edit or Create item',
            form=form
        )

Options

Exclude fields

List of model field names to not serialize at all.

exclude_serialize_fields = []

List of model field names to not serialize when return as json.

exclude_json_serialize_fields = []

Updating fields specification

List of model fields to be read from a form or json when updating an object. Normally admin fields such as login_counts or security fields are excluded.

update_fields = []

Creation fields used when creating specification

List of model fields to be read from a form when creating an object.

create_fields = []

Update date/time fields specification

List of fields on the model to be set when updating/creating with datetime.datetime.now()

Default is:

timestamp_fields = ['updated', 'timestamp']

Relationships list of property names that are to be included in serialization

relationship_fields = []

In default operation relationships in models are not serialized. Add any relationship property name here to be included in serialization.

Serialization converters

There are three built in converters to convert data from the database to a good format for serialization:

• DATETIME - Removes the fractional second part and makes it a string

• PROPERTY - Enumerates and returns model added properties

• RELATIONSHIP - Deals with children model items.

Set one of these to None or a value to remove or replace it’s behaviour.

column_type_converters = {}

Where the key is the column type name of the database column and the value is a method to provide the conversion.

Example:

To convert VARCHAR(100) to a string:

column_type_converters['VARCHAR(100)'] = lambda v: str(v)

Conversion types (to database) add or replace update/create – A list of dicts that specify conversions.

Default is:

convert_types = [{'type': bool, 'method': lambda v: 'y' if v else 'n'}]

• type: a python object type

• method: a lambda or method to provide the conversion to a database acceptable value.

Mixin Helper methods and properties

@property
def as_dict(self):
    """
    the sql object as a dict without the excluded fields
    :return: dict
    """

@property
def as_json(self):
    """
    the sql object as a json object without the excluded fields
    :return: json object
    """

def dict_list(cls, query_result):
    """
    return a list of dictionary objects from the sql query result
    :param query_result: sql alchemy query result
    :return: list of dict objects
    """

@classmethod
def json_list(cls, query_result):
    """
    return a list in json format from the query_result
    :param query_result: sql alchemy query result
    :return: flask response with json list of results
    """

@classmethod
def json_filter_by(cls, **kwargs):
    """
    return a list in json format using the filter_by arguments
    :param kwargs: SQLAlchemy query.filter_by arguments
    :return: flask response with json list of results
    """

Example:

@bp.route('/address/list', methods=['GET'])
@login_required
def address_list():
    items = Address.query.filter_by(user=current_user)
    return Address.json_list(items)

Licensing

• Apache 2.0