Apiflask

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A lightweight Python web API framework.

Overview:

APIFlask is a lightweight Python web API framework that is based on Flask and marshmallow-code projects. It offers a user-friendly and highly customizable approach for API development, being ORM/ODM-agnostic and fully compatible with the Flask ecosystem.

Features:

  • Sugars for view function: Easy to use decorators like @app.input(), @app.output(), @app.get(), @app.post().
  • Automatic request validation and deserialization: Ensures data integrity and format compliance.
  • Automatic response formatting and serialization: Simplifies data exchange between the API and clients.
  • Automatic OpenAPI Specification (OAS) document generation: Helps in API documentation and standardization.
  • Automatic interactive API documentation: Generates interactive API documentation for ease of use.
  • API authentication support: Integrates Flask-HTTPAuth for API authentication.
  • Automatic JSON response for HTTP errors: Handles error responses uniformly.

For Linux and macOS:

  • Install APIFlask using pip: pip install apiflask

For Windows:

  • You can install APIFlask using pip as well: pip install apiflask

Summary:

flask
Flask

Flask is a lightweight and popular web framework for Python, known for its simplicity and flexibility. It is widely used to build web applications, providing a minimalistic approach to web development with features like routing, templates, and support for extensions.