import typing as t from . import typing as ft from .globals import current_app from .globals import request http_method_funcs = frozenset( ["get", "post", "head", "options", "delete", "put", "trace", "patch"] ) class View: """Subclass this class and override :meth:`dispatch_request` to create a generic class-based view. Call :meth:`as_view` to create a view function that creates an instance of the class with the given arguments and calls its ``dispatch_request`` method with any URL variables. See :doc:`views` for a detailed guide. .. code-block:: python class Hello(View): init_every_request = False def dispatch_request(self, name): return f"Hello, {name}!" app.add_url_rule( "/hello/", view_func=Hello.as_view("hello") ) Set :attr:`methods` on the class to change what methods the view accepts. Set :attr:`decorators` on the class to apply a list of decorators to the generated view function. Decorators applied to the class itself will not be applied to the generated view function! Set :attr:`init_every_request` to ``False`` for efficiency, unless you need to store request-global data on ``self``. """ #: The methods this view is registered for. Uses the same default #: (``["GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS"]``) as ``route`` and #: ``add_url_rule`` by default. methods: t.ClassVar[t.Optional[t.Collection[str]]] = None #: Control whether the ``OPTIONS`` method is handled automatically. #: Uses the same default (``True``) as ``route`` and #: ``add_url_rule`` by default. provide_automatic_options: t.ClassVar[t.Optional[bool]] = None #: A list of decorators to apply, in order, to the generated view #: function. Remember that ``@decorator`` syntax is applied bottom #: to top, so the first decorator in the list would be the bottom #: decorator. #: #: .. versionadded:: 0.8 decorators: t.ClassVar[t.List[t.Callable]] = [] #: Create a new instance of this view class for every request by #: default. If a view subclass sets this to ``False``, the same #: instance is used for every request. #: #: A single instance is more efficient, especially if complex setup #: is done during init. However, storing data on ``self`` is no #: longer safe across requests, and :data:`~flask.g` should be used #: instead. #: #: .. versionadded:: 2.2 init_every_request: t.ClassVar[bool] = True def dispatch_request(self) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue: """The actual view function behavior. Subclasses must override this and return a valid response. Any variables from the URL rule are passed as keyword arguments. """ raise NotImplementedError() @classmethod def as_view( cls, name: str, *class_args: t.Any, **class_kwargs: t.Any ) -> ft.RouteCallable: """Convert the class into a view function that can be registered for a route. By default, the generated view will create a new instance of the view class for every request and call its :meth:`dispatch_request` method. If the view class sets :attr:`init_every_request` to ``False``, the same instance will be used for every request. Except for ``name``, all other arguments passed to this method are forwarded to the view class ``__init__`` method. .. versionchanged:: 2.2 Added the ``init_every_request`` class attribute. """ if cls.init_every_request: def view(**kwargs: t.Any) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue: self = view.view_class( # type: ignore[attr-defined] *class_args, **class_kwargs ) return current_app.ensure_sync(self.dispatch_request)(**kwargs) else: self = cls(*class_args, **class_kwargs) def view(**kwargs: t.Any) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue: return current_app.ensure_sync(self.dispatch_request)(**kwargs) if cls.decorators: view.__name__ = name view.__module__ = cls.__module__ for decorator in cls.decorators: view = decorator(view) # We attach the view class to the view function for two reasons: # first of all it allows us to easily figure out what class-based # view this thing came from, secondly it's also used for instantiating # the view class so you can actually replace it with something else # for testing purposes and debugging. view.view_class = cls # type: ignore view.__name__ = name view.__doc__ = cls.__doc__ view.__module__ = cls.__module__ view.methods = cls.methods # type: ignore view.provide_automatic_options = cls.provide_automatic_options # type: ignore return view class MethodView(View): """Dispatches request methods to the corresponding instance methods. For example, if you implement a ``get`` method, it will be used to handle ``GET`` requests. This can be useful for defining a REST API. :attr:`methods` is automatically set based on the methods defined on the class. See :doc:`views` for a detailed guide. .. code-block:: python class CounterAPI(MethodView): def get(self): return str(session.get("counter", 0)) def post(self): session["counter"] = session.get("counter", 0) + 1 return redirect(url_for("counter")) app.add_url_rule( "/counter", view_func=CounterAPI.as_view("counter") ) """ def __init_subclass__(cls, **kwargs: t.Any) -> None: super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs) if "methods" not in cls.__dict__: methods = set() for base in cls.__bases__: if getattr(base, "methods", None): methods.update(base.methods) # type: ignore[attr-defined] for key in http_method_funcs: if hasattr(cls, key): methods.add(key.upper()) if methods: cls.methods = methods def dispatch_request(self, **kwargs: t.Any) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue: meth = getattr(self, request.method.lower(), None) # If the request method is HEAD and we don't have a handler for it # retry with GET. if meth is None and request.method == "HEAD": meth = getattr(self, "get", None) assert meth is not None, f"Unimplemented method {request.method!r}" return current_app.ensure_sync(meth)(**kwargs)