passing arguments to API created by flask in python

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I am a complete newbie to API and python. actually, after getting disappointed to find a free host supporting plumber in R I decided to try it by python. The simple problem is that I have a simple function which takes two numeric arguments and using a given CSV file do some calculations and returns a number (I have simply made this in R by the plumber in localhost). now for a test in python have written below code:

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def hello():
    return "hello world!"

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)

well, this correctly works. but when I try to make a function to take arguments like this:

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def hello(a):
    return a + 2

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)

I get this page which says I have not passed the arguments.

my main question is that how I can pass the arguments? (in API created by R plumber, for example, I call it like: localhost/5000/?a=2 )

my another question is, could be this kind of API host and request in something like Heroku?

I could get you an answer, but it is better for you and benefit you for long run to read the documentation about Variable rules. — hcheung
– hcheung, Commented May 25, 2018 at 13:06

rakyi · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-25 13:10:44Z

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From Flask documentation:

You can add variable sections to a URL by marking sections with <variable_name>. Your function then receives the <variable_name> as a keyword argument. Optionally, you can use a converter to specify the type of the argument like <converter:variable_name>.

So in your case that would be:

@app.route("/<int:a>")
def hello(a):
    return a + 2

Other option would be to use request data.

answered May 25, 2018 at 13:10

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ohduran · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-25 13:00:00Z

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You need to include the parameter "a" in the decorator @app.route:

@app.route('/<int:a>')
def hello(a):
   return a + 2

answered May 25, 2018 at 13:00

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Saad · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-25 13:12:33Z

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You can also use it like that, pass name as parameter !

@app.route('/helloworld/<Name>')
def helloworld(Name):
    print Name

another implementation would be like that, go through the python-flask documentation !

@app.route("/<int:a>")
def hello(a):
    return a + 2

answered May 25, 2018 at 13:12

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mjoudy Over a year ago

thank you very much. yes, I should see the documentation. I did the second solution you said but I receive The requested URL was not found on the server.

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