webargs 0.3.4

A utility library for parsing HTTP request arguments, with built-in support for popular web frameworks, including Flask and Django.

Homepage: https://webargs.readthedocs.org/

Webargs is a Python utility library for parsing HTTP request arguments, with built-in support for popular web frameworks, including Flask and Django.

from flask import Flask
from webargs import Arg
from webargs.flaskparser import use_args

app = Flask(__name__)

hello_args = {
    'name': Arg(str, required=True)
}

@app.route('/')
@use_args(hello_args)
def index(args):
    return 'Hello ' + args['name']

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

# curl http://localhost:5000/\?name\='World'
# Hello World

Install

pip install -U webargs

webargs supports Python >= 2.6 or >= 3.3.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at https://webargs.readthedocs.org/.

License

MIT licensed. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Changelog

0.3.4 (2014-04-27)

• Fix bug that caused use_args to fail on class-based views in Flask.

• Add allow_missing parameter to Arg.

0.3.3 (2014-03-20)

• Awesome contributions from the open-source community!

• Add use_kwargs decorator. Thanks @venuatu.

• Tornado support thanks to @jvrsantacruz.

• Tested on Python 3.4.

0.3.2 (2014-03-04)

• Fix bug with parsing JSON in Flask and Bottle.

0.3.1 (2014-03-03)

• Remove print statements in core.py. Oops.

0.3.0 (2014-03-02)

• Add support for repeated parameters (#1).

• Backwards-incompatible: All parse_* methods take arg as their fourth argument.

• Add error_handler param to Parser.

0.2.0 (2014-02-26)

• Bottle support.

• Add targets param to Parser. Allows setting default targets.

• Add files target.

0.1.0 (2014-02-16)

• First release.

• Parses JSON, querystring, forms, headers, and cookies.

• Support for Flask and Django.