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.. _flask-tutorial:
Flask tutorial
==============
.. meta::
:keywords: Python,Flask,Tutorial,Education,Web,Example,DI,Dependency injection,IoC,
Inversion of control,Refactoring,Tests,Unit tests,Pytest,py.test,Bootstrap,
HTML,CSS
:description: This tutorial shows how to build a Flask application following the dependency
injection principle. You will create the web application, connect to the Github
API, cover it with unit the test and make some refactoring.
This tutorial shows how to build a ``Flask`` application following the dependency injection
principle.
Start from the scratch or jump to the section:
.. contents::
:local:
:backlinks: none
You can find complete project on the
`Github <https://github.com/ets-labs/python-dependency-injector/tree/master/examples/miniapps/flask>`_.
What are we going to build?
---------------------------
We will build a web application that helps to search for repositories on the Github. Let's call it
Github Navigator.
How does Github Navigator work?
- User opens a web page that asks to provide a search query.
- User types the query and hits Enter.
- Github Navigator takes that and searches through the Github for matching repositories.
- When search is done Github Navigator returns user a web page with the result.
- The results page shows all matching repositories and the provided search query.
- For any matching repository user sees:
- the repository name
- the owner of the repository
- the last commit to the repository
- User can click on the repository, the repository owner or the last commit to open its web page
on the Github.
.. image:: flask-images/screen-02.png
Prepare the environment
-----------------------
Let's create the environment for the project.
First we need to create a project folder:
.. code-block:: bash
mkdir ghnav-flask-tutorial
cd ghnav-flask-tutorial
Now let's create and activate virtual environment:
.. code-block:: bash
python3 -m venv venv
. venv/bin/activate
Project layout
--------------
Environment is ready and now we're going to create the layout of the project.
Create next structure in the current directory. All files should be empty. That's ok for now.
Initial project layout::
./
├── githubnavigator/
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── application.py
│ ├── containers.py
│ └── views.py
├── venv/
└── requirements.txt
Now it's time to install ``Flask`` and ``Dependency Injector``.
Put next lines into the ``requirements.txt`` file:
.. code-block:: bash
dependency-injector
flask
Now let's install it:
.. code-block:: bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
And check that installation is successful:
.. code-block:: bash
python -c "import dependency_injector; print(dependency_injector.__version__)"
python -c "import flask; print(flask.__version__)"
You should see something like:
.. code-block:: bash
(venv) $ python -c "import dependency_injector; print(dependency_injector.__version__)"
4.37.0
(venv) $ python -c "import flask; print(flask.__version__)"
2.0.2
*Versions can be different. That's fine.*
Hello World!
------------
Let's create minimal application.
Put next into the ``views.py``:
.. code-block:: python
"""Views module."""
def index():
return "Hello, World!"
Ok, we have the view.
Now let's create a container. Container will keep all of the application components and their dependencies.
Edit ``containers.py``:
.. code-block:: python
"""Containers module."""
from dependency_injector import containers
class Container(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
...
Container is empty for now. We will add the providers in the following sections.
Finally we need to create Flask application factory. It will create and configure container
and Flask application. It is traditionally called ``create_app()``.
We will assign ``index`` view to handle user requests to the root ``/`` of our web application.
Put next into the ``application.py``:
.. code-block:: python
"""Application module."""
from flask import Flask
from .containers import Container
from . import views
def create_app() -> Flask:
container = Container()
app = Flask(__name__)
app.container = container
app.add_url_rule("/", "index", views.index)
return app
Ok. Now we're ready to say "Hello, World!".
Do next in the terminal:
.. code-block:: bash
export FLASK_APP=githubnavigator.application
export FLASK_ENV=development
flask run
The output should be something like:
.. code-block:: bash
* Serving Flask app "githubnavigator.application" (lazy loading)
* Environment: development
* Debug mode: on
* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
* Restarting with fsevents reloader
* Debugger is active!
* Debugger PIN: 473-587-859
Open your browser and go to the ``http://127.0.0.1:5000/``.
You should see ``Hello, World!``.
That's it. Our minimal application is up and running.
Make it pretty
--------------
Now let's make it look pretty. We will use `Bootstrap 4 <https://getbootstrap.com/>`_.
For adding it to our application we will get
`Bootstrap-Flask <https://pypi.org/project/Bootstrap-Flask/>`_ extension.
It will help us to add all needed static files in few clicks.
Add ``bootstrap-flask`` to the ``requirements.txt``:
.. code-block:: bash
:emphasize-lines: 3
dependency-injector
flask
bootstrap-flask
and run in the terminal:
.. code-block:: bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
Let's initialize ``bootstrap-flask`` extension. We will need to modify ``create_app()``.
Edit ``application.py``:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 4,17-18
"""Application module."""
from flask import Flask
from flask_bootstrap import Bootstrap
from .containers import Container
from . import views
def create_app() -> Flask:
container = Container()
app = Flask(__name__)
app.container = container
app.add_url_rule("/", "index", views.index)
bootstrap = Bootstrap()
bootstrap.init_app(app)
return app
Now we need to add the templates. For doing this we will need to add the folder ``templates/`` to
the ``githubnavigator`` package. We also will need two files there:
- ``base.html`` - the layout
- ``index.html`` - the main page
Create ``templates`` folder and put two empty files into it ``base.html`` and ``index.html``:
.. code-block:: bash
:emphasize-lines: 3-5
./
├── githubnavigator/
│ ├── templates/
│ │ ├── base.html
│ │ └── index.html
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── application.py
│ ├── containers.py
│ └── views.py
├── venv/
└── requirements.txt
Now let's fill in the layout.
Put next into the ``base.html``:
.. code-block:: html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
{% block head %}
<!-- Required meta tags -->
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
{% block styles %}
<!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
{{ bootstrap.load_css() }}
{% endblock %}
<title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
{% endblock %}
</head>
<body>
<!-- Your page content -->
{% block content %}{% endblock %}
{% block scripts %}
<!-- Optional JavaScript -->
{{ bootstrap.load_js() }}
{% endblock %}
</body>
</html>
And put something to the index page.
Put next into the ``index.html``:
.. code-block:: html
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block title %}Github Navigator{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<div class="container">
<h1 class="mb-4">Github Navigator</h1>
<form>
<div class="form-group form-row">
<div class="col-10">
<label for="search_query" class="col-form-label">
Search for:
</label>
<input class="form-control" type="text" id="search_query"
placeholder="Type something to search on the GitHub"
name="query"
value="{{ query if query }}">
</div>
<div class="col">
<label for="search_limit" class="col-form-label">
Limit:
</label>
<select class="form-control" id="search_limit" name="limit">
{% for value in [5, 10, 20] %}
<option {% if value == limit %}selected{% endif %}>
{{ value }}
</option>
{% endfor %}
</select>
</div>
</div>
</form>
<p><small>Results found: {{ repositories|length }}</small></p>
<table class="table table-striped">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>#</th>
<th>Repository</th>
<th class="text-nowrap">Repository owner</th>
<th class="text-nowrap">Last commit</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
{% for repository in repositories %} {{n}}
<tr>
<th>{{ loop.index }}</th>
<td><a href="{{ repository.url }}">
{{ repository.name }}</a>
</td>
<td><a href="{{ repository.owner.url }}">
<img src="{{ repository.owner.avatar_url }}"
alt="avatar" height="24" width="24"/></a>
<a href="{{ repository.owner.url }}">
{{ repository.owner.login }}</a>
</td>
<td><a href="{{ repository.latest_commit.url }}">
{{ repository.latest_commit.sha }}</a>
{{ repository.latest_commit.message }}
{{ repository.latest_commit.author_name }}
</td>
</tr>
{% endfor %}
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
{% endblock %}
Ok, almost there. The last step is to make ``index`` view to render the ``index.html`` template.
Edit ``views.py``:
.. code-block:: python
"""Views module."""
from flask import request, render_template
def index():
query = request.args.get("query", "Dependency Injector")
limit = request.args.get("limit", 10, int)
repositories = []
return render_template(
"index.html",
query=query,
limit=limit,
repositories=repositories,
)
That's it.
Make sure the app is running or use ``flask run`` and open ``http://127.0.0.1:5000/``.
You should see:
.. image:: flask-images/screen-01.png
Connect to the GitHub
---------------------
In this section we will integrate our application with Github API.
We will use `PyGithub <https://github.com/PyGithub/PyGithub>`_ library for working with Github API.
Let's add it to the ``requirements.txt``:
.. code-block:: bash
:emphasize-lines: 4
dependency-injector
flask
bootstrap-flask
pygithub
and run in the terminal:
.. code-block:: bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
Now we need to add Github API client the container. We will need to add two more providers from
the ``dependency_injector.providers`` module:
- ``Factory`` provider. It will create a ``Github`` client.
- ``Configuration`` provider. It will provide an API token and a request timeout for the ``Github`` client.
We will specify the location of the configuration file. The configuration provider will parse
the configuration file when we create a container instance.
Edit ``containers.py``:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 3-4,9,11-15
"""Containers module."""
from dependency_injector import containers, providers
from github import Github
class Container(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
config = providers.Configuration(yaml_files=["config.yml"])
github_client = providers.Factory(
Github,
login_or_token=config.github.auth_token,
timeout=config.github.request_timeout,
)
.. note::
Don't forget to remove the Ellipsis ``...`` from the container. We don't need it anymore
since we container is not empty.
Now let's add the configuration file. We will use YAML. Create an empty file ``config.yml``
in the root of the project:
.. code-block:: bash
:emphasize-lines: 11
./
├── githubnavigator/
│ ├── templates/
│ │ ├── base.html
│ │ └── index.html
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── application.py
│ ├── containers.py
│ └── views.py
├── venv/
├── config.yml
└── requirements.txt
and put next into it:
.. code-block:: yaml
github:
request_timeout: 10
We will use `PyYAML <https://pypi.org/project/PyYAML/>`_ library for parsing the configuration
file. Let's add it to the requirements file.
Edit ``requirements.txt``:
.. code-block:: bash
:emphasize-lines: 5
dependency-injector
flask
bootstrap-flask
pygithub
pyyaml
and install it:
.. code-block:: bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
We will use the ``GITHUB_TOKEN`` environment variable to provide the API token. Let's edit
``create_app()`` to fetch the token value from it.
Edit ``application.py``:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 12
"""Application module."""
from flask import Flask
from flask_bootstrap import Bootstrap
from .containers import Container
from . import views
def create_app() -> Flask:
container = Container()
container.config.github.auth_token.from_env("GITHUB_TOKEN")
app = Flask(__name__)
app.container = container
app.add_url_rule("/", "index", views.index)
bootstrap = Bootstrap()
bootstrap.init_app(app)
return app
Now we need create an API token.
As for now, don't worry, just take this one:
.. code-block:: bash
export GITHUB_TOKEN=cbde697a6e01424856fde2b7f94a88d1b501320e
.. note::
To create your own token:
- Follow the `Github guide <https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token>`_.
- Set the token to the environment variable:
.. code-block:: bash
export GITHUB_TOKEN=<your token>
That's it.
Github API client setup is done.
Search service
--------------
Now it's time to add ``SearchService``. It will:
- Perform the search.
- Fetch commit extra data for each result.
- Format result data.
``SearchService`` will use ``Github`` API client.
Create empty file ``services.py`` in the ``githubnavigator`` package:
.. code-block:: bash
:emphasize-lines: 9
./
├── githubnavigator/
│ ├── templates/
│ │ ├── base.html
│ │ └── index.html
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── application.py
│ ├── containers.py
│ ├── services.py
│ └── views.py
├── venv/
├── config.yml
└── requirements.txt
and put next into it:
.. code-block:: python
"""Services module."""
from github import Github
from github.Repository import Repository
from github.Commit import Commit
class SearchService:
"""Search service performs search on Github."""
def __init__(self, github_client: Github):
self._github_client = github_client
def search_repositories(self, query, limit):
"""Search for repositories and return formatted data."""
repositories = self._github_client.search_repositories(
query=query,
**{"in": "name"},
)
return [
self._format_repo(repository)
for repository in repositories[:limit]
]
def _format_repo(self, repository: Repository):
commits = repository.get_commits()
return {
"url": repository.html_url,
"name": repository.name,
"owner": {
"login": repository.owner.login,
"url": repository.owner.html_url,
"avatar_url": repository.owner.avatar_url,
},
"latest_commit": self._format_commit(commits[0]) if commits else {},
}
def _format_commit(self, commit: Commit):
return {
"sha": commit.sha,
"url": commit.html_url,
"message": commit.commit.message,
"author_name": commit.commit.author.name,
}
Now let's add ``SearchService`` to the container.
Edit ``containers.py``:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 6,19-22
"""Containers module."""
from dependency_injector import containers, providers
from github import Github
from . import services
class Container(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
config = providers.Configuration(yaml_files=["config.yml"])
github_client = providers.Factory(
Github,
login_or_token=config.github.auth_token,
timeout=config.github.request_timeout,
)
search_service = providers.Factory(
services.SearchService,
github_client=github_client,
)
Inject search service into view
-------------------------------
Now we are ready to make the search work.
Let's inject ``SearchService`` into the ``index`` view. We will use :ref:`Wiring` feature.
Edit ``views.py``:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 4,6-7,10-11,15
"""Views module."""
from flask import request, render_template
from dependency_injector.wiring import inject, Provide
from .services import SearchService
from .containers import Container
@inject
def index(search_service: SearchService = Provide[Container.search_service]):
query = request.args.get("query", "Dependency Injector")
limit = request.args.get("limit", 10, int)
repositories = search_service.search_repositories(query, limit)
return render_template(
"index.html",
query=query,
limit=limit,
repositories=repositories,
)
To make the injection work we need to wire the container with the ``views`` module.
Let's configure the container to automatically make wiring with the ``views`` module when we
create a container instance.
Edit ``containers.py``:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 11
"""Containers module."""
from dependency_injector import containers, providers
from github import Github
from . import services
class Container(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
wiring_config = containers.WiringConfiguration(modules=[".views"])
config = providers.Configuration(yaml_files=["config.yml"])
github_client = providers.Factory(
Github,
login_or_token=config.github.auth_token,
timeout=config.github.request_timeout,
)
search_service = providers.Factory(
services.SearchService,
github_client=github_client,
)
Make sure the app is running or use ``flask run`` and open ``http://127.0.0.1:5000/``.
You should see:
.. image:: flask-images/screen-02.png
Make some refactoring
---------------------
Our ``index`` view has two hardcoded config values:
- Default search query
- Default results limit
Let's make some refactoring. We will move these values to the config.
Edit ``views.py``:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 11-17
"""Views module."""
from flask import request, render_template
from dependency_injector.wiring import inject, Provide
from .services import SearchService
from .containers import Container
@inject
def index(
search_service: SearchService = Provide[Container.search_service],
default_query: str = Provide[Container.config.default.query],
default_limit: int = Provide[Container.config.default.limit.as_int()],
):
query = request.args.get("query", default_query)
limit = request.args.get("limit", default_limit, int)
repositories = search_service.search_repositories(query, limit)
return render_template(
"index.html",
query=query,
limit=limit,
repositories=repositories,
)
Edit ``config.yml``:
.. code-block:: yaml
:emphasize-lines: 3-5
github:
request_timeout: 10
default:
query: "Dependency Injector"
limit: 10
That's it. The refactoring is done. We've made it cleaner.
Tests
-----
In this section we will add some tests.
We will use `pytest <https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/>`_ with its Flask extension and
`coverage <https://coverage.readthedocs.io/>`_.
Edit ``requirements.txt``:
.. code-block:: bash
:emphasize-lines: 6-7
dependency-injector
flask
bootstrap-flask
pygithub
pyyaml
pytest-flask
pytest-cov
And install added packages:
.. code-block:: bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
Create empty file ``tests.py`` in the ``githubnavigator`` package:
.. code-block:: bash
:emphasize-lines: 10
./
├── githubnavigator/
│ ├── templates/
│ │ ├── base.html
│ │ └── index.html
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── application.py
│ ├── containers.py
│ ├── services.py
│ ├── tests.py
│ └── views.py
├── venv/
├── config.yml
└── requirements.txt
and put next into it:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 44,67
"""Tests module."""
from unittest import mock
import pytest
from github import Github
from flask import url_for
from .application import create_app
@pytest.fixture
def app():
app = create_app()
yield app
app.container.unwire()
def test_index(client, app):
github_client_mock = mock.Mock(spec=Github)
github_client_mock.search_repositories.return_value = [
mock.Mock(
html_url="repo1-url",
name="repo1-name",
owner=mock.Mock(
login="owner1-login",
html_url="owner1-url",
avatar_url="owner1-avatar-url",
),
get_commits=mock.Mock(return_value=[mock.Mock()]),
),
mock.Mock(
html_url="repo2-url",
name="repo2-name",
owner=mock.Mock(
login="owner2-login",
html_url="owner2-url",
avatar_url="owner2-avatar-url",
),
get_commits=mock.Mock(return_value=[mock.Mock()]),
),
]
with app.container.github_client.override(github_client_mock):
response = client.get(url_for("index"))
assert response.status_code == 200
assert b"Results found: 2" in response.data
assert b"repo1-url" in response.data
assert b"repo1-name" in response.data
assert b"owner1-login" in response.data
assert b"owner1-url" in response.data
assert b"owner1-avatar-url" in response.data
assert b"repo2-url" in response.data
assert b"repo2-name" in response.data
assert b"owner2-login" in response.data
assert b"owner2-url" in response.data
assert b"owner2-avatar-url" in response.data
def test_index_no_results(client, app):
github_client_mock = mock.Mock(spec=Github)
github_client_mock.search_repositories.return_value = []
with app.container.github_client.override(github_client_mock):
response = client.get(url_for("index"))
assert response.status_code == 200
assert b"Results found: 0" in response.data
Now let's run it and check the coverage:
.. code-block:: bash
py.test githubnavigator/tests.py --cov=githubnavigator
You should see:
.. code-block:: bash
platform darwin -- Python 3.10.0, pytest-6.2.5, py-1.10.0, pluggy-1.0.0
plugins: cov-3.0.0, flask-1.2.0
collected 2 items
githubnavigator/tests.py .. [100%]
---------- coverage: platform darwin, python 3.10.0-final-0 ----------
Name Stmts Miss Cover
----------------------------------------------------
githubnavigator/__init__.py 0 0 100%
githubnavigator/application.py 13 0 100%
githubnavigator/containers.py 8 0 100%
githubnavigator/services.py 14 0 100%
githubnavigator/tests.py 34 0 100%
githubnavigator/views.py 10 0 100%
----------------------------------------------------
TOTAL 79 0 100%
.. note::
Take a look at the highlights in the ``tests.py``.
It emphasizes the overriding of the ``Github`` API client.
Conclusion
----------
In this tutorial we've built a ``Flask`` application following the dependency injection principle.
We've used the ``Dependency Injector`` as a dependency injection framework.
:ref:`containers` and :ref:`providers` helped to specify how to assemble search service and
integrate it with a 3rd-party library.
:ref:`configuration-provider` helped to deal with reading YAML file and environment variable.
We used :ref:`wiring` feature to inject the dependencies into the ``index()`` view.
:ref:`provider-overriding` feature helped in testing.
We kept all the dependencies injected explicitly. This will help when you need to add or
change something in future.
You can find complete project on the
`Github <https://github.com/ets-labs/python-dependency-injector/tree/master/examples/miniapps/flask>`_.
What's next?
- Look at the other :ref:`tutorials`
- Know more about the :ref:`providers`
- Go to the :ref:`contents`
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