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flask-http-middleware
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A module to create middleware with direct access to `request` and `response`
pip install flask-http-middleware
A module to create flask middleware with direct access to request
and response
.
This module implement the starlette's (FastAPI) BaseHTTPMiddleware style to Flask.
flask>=2.2.x
flask>=2.3.x
flask>=3.x
import time
from flask import Flask
from flask_http_middleware import MiddlewareManager, BaseHTTPMiddleware
app = Flask(__name__)
class MetricsMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
t0 = time.time()
response = call_next(request)
response_time = time.time()-t0
response.headers.add("response_time", response_time)
return response
app.wsgi_app = MiddlewareManager(app)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(MetricsMiddleware)
@app.get("/health")
def health():
return {"message":"I'm healthy"}
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run()
MetricsMiddleware
class in different fileAbove example is equals with app.before_request
and app.after_request
decorated function.
@app.before_request
def start_metrics():
g.t0 = time.time()
@app.after_request
def stop_metrics(response):
response_time = time.time()-g.t0
response.headers.add("response_time", response_time)
return response
import time
from flask import Flask, jsonify
from flask_http_middleware import MiddlewareManager, BaseHTTPMiddleware
app = Flask(__name__)
class AccessMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
if request.headers.get("token") == "secret":
return call_next(request)
else:
return jsonify({"message":"invalid token"})
app.wsgi_app = MiddlewareManager(app)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(AccessMiddleware)
@app.get("/health")
def health():
return {"message":"I'm healthy"}
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run()
import time
from flask import Flask, jsonify
from flask_http_middleware import MiddlewareManager, BaseHTTPMiddleware
app = Flask(__name__)
class SecureRoutersMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
def __init__(self, secured_routers = []):
super().__init__()
self.secured_routers = secured_routers
def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
if request.path in self.secured_routers:
if request.headers.get("token") == "secret":
return call_next(request)
else:
return jsonify({"message":"invalid token"})
else:
return call_next(request)
secured_routers = ["/check_secured"]
app.wsgi_app = MiddlewareManager(app)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(SecureRoutersMiddleware, secured_routers=secured_routers)
@app.get("/health")
def health():
return {"message":"I'm healthy"}
@app.get("/check_secured")
def health():
return {"message":"Security bypassed"}
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run()
import time
from flask import Flask, jsonify
from flask_http_middleware import MiddlewareManager, BaseHTTPMiddleware
app = Flask(__name__)
class AccessMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
if request.headers.get("token") == "secret":
return call_next(request)
else:
raise Exception("Authentication Failed")
def error_handler(self, error):
return jsonify({"error": str(error)})
app.wsgi_app = MiddlewareManager(app)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(AccessMiddleware)
@app.get("/health")
def health():
return {"message":"I'm healthy"}
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run()
You can also stack your middleware
middleware.py
import time
from flask import jsonify
from flask_http_middleware import BaseHTTPMiddleware
class AccessMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
if request.headers.get("token") == "secret":
return call_next(request)
else:
raise Exception("Authentication Failed")
def error_handler(self, error):
return jsonify({"error": str(error)})
class MetricsMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
t0 = time.time()
response = call_next(request)
response_time = time.time()-t0
response.headers.add("response_time", response_time)
return response
class SecureRoutersMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
def __init__(self, secured_routers = []):
super().__init__()
self.secured_routers = secured_routers
def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
if request.path in self.secured_routers:
if request.headers.get("token") == "secret":
return call_next(request)
else:
return jsonify({"message":"invalid token"})
else:
return call_next(request)
your main.py
import time
from flask import Flask, jsonify
from flask_http_middleware import MiddlewareManager
from middleware import AccessMiddleware, MetricsMiddleware, SecureRoutersMiddleware
app = Flask(__name__)
my_secured_routers = ["/check_secured"]
app.wsgi_app = MiddlewareManager(app)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(AccessMiddleware)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(MetricsMiddleware)
app.wsgi_app.add_middleware(SecureRoutersMiddleware, secured_routers=my_secured_routers)
@app.get("/health")
def health():
return {"message":"I'm healthy"}
@app.get("/check_secured")
def health():
return {"message":"Security bypassed"}
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run()
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A module to create middleware with direct access to `request` and `response`
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