Hoot Back-End Hoot Blueprint

Learning objective: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to implement full RESTful routes with related data in Flask

Hoot Blueprint

Before we start creating our routes, let’s get modular and set up a Blueprint for our Hoots routes.

Create a file named hoots_blueprint.py and set it up similar to our starting point for the auth_blueprint:

touch hoots_blueprint.py

Add the following to hoots_blueprint.py:

from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, request, g
from db_helpers import get_db_connection
import psycopg2, psycopg2.extras
from auth_middleware import token_required

hoots_blueprint = Blueprint('hoots_blueprint', __name__)

💡 Note the import of token_required for routes that will require a user, such as creating a hoot or editing/deleting one’s own hoots.

Let’s create a placeholder for the index.

Add the following route to hoots_blueprint.py:

@hoots_blueprint.route('/hoots', methods=['GET'])
def hoots_index():
    return jsonify({"message": "hoots index lives here"})

Next, we’ll register this blueprint in the app.py.

First, add the following import to app.py:

# Add to list of imports
from hoots_blueprint import hoots_blueprint

And register the blueprint:

app.register_blueprint(hoots_blueprint)

Using Postman or your browser, send a GET request to http://127.0.0.1:5000/hoots.

You should see the following response:

{
  "message": "hoots index lives here"
}