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Python Flask REST API Resourceful Blueprints Ingredient Fields

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idk

resources/ingredients.py
from flask import Blueprint

from flask.ext.restful import (
    Resource, Api, reqparse, inputs,
    marshal, marshal_with, fields
)
import models






ingredient_fields = {'id' : fields.Integer,
                     'recipe':fields.String,
                     'description':fields.String,
                     'measurement_type':fields.String,
                     'name':fields.String,
                     'quantity':fields.Float
                    }
class IngredientList(Resource):
    def __init__(self):
        self.reqparse = reqparse.RequestParser()
        self.reqparse.add_argument(
            'name',
            required=True,
            location=['form', 'json']
        )
        self.reqparse.add_argument(
            'description',
            required=True,
            location=['form', 'json']
        )
        self.reqparse.add_argument(
            'measurement_type',
            required=True,
            location=['form', 'json']
        )
        self.reqparse.add_argument(
            'quantity',
            type=float,
            required=True,
            location=['form', 'json']
        )
        self.reqparse.add_argument(
            'recipe',
            type=inputs.positive,
            required=True,
            location=['form', 'json']
        )
        super().__init__()

    def get(self):
        ingredients = [marshal(ingredients, ingredients_field) for ingredients in models.Ingredient.select()]
        return {'ingredients':ingredients}

    @marshal_with(ingredients_list)
    def post(self):
        args = self.reqparse.parse_args()
        ingredient = models.Ingredient.create(**args)
        return ingredient


class Ingredient(Resource):
    def __init__(self):
          self.reqparse = reqparse.RequestParser()
          self.reqparse.add_argument(
              'name',
              required=True,
              location=['form', 'json']
          )
          self.reqparse.add_argument(
              'description',
              required=True,
              location=['form', 'json']
          )
          self.reqparse.add_argument(
              'measurement_type',
              required=True,
              location=['form', 'json']
          )
          self.reqparse.add_argument(
              'quantity',
              type=float,
              required=True,
              location=['form', 'json']
          )
          self.reqparse.add_argument(
              'recipe',
              type=inputs.positive,
              required=True,
              location=['form', 'json']
          )
          super().__init__()

    def ingredient_or_404(ingredient_list):
    try:
        ingredient = models.Ingredient.get(models.Ingredient.name==ingredient_list)
    except models.DoesNotExist:
        abort(404)
    else:
        return ingredient


    @marshal_with(ingredient_fields)
    def get(self, name):
        return ingredient_or_404(name)

ingredients_api = Blueprint('resources.ingredients', __name__)
api = Api(ingredients_api)
api.add_resource(IngredientList, '/api/v1/ingredients')
api.add_resource(Ingredient, '/api/v1/ingredients/<int:id>')
John Lack-Wilson
John Lack-Wilson
8,181 Points

You're going to have to be more specific about what you need answering here.

1 Answer

You defined the dictionary as ingredient_fields but you call it ingredients_list, ingredients_field, and ingredient_list in the methods. You have to be consistent.