Flask handling multiple errors

Question

I have a simple app made in Flask. It uses only POST method. It takes 2 numbers (in json) and adds them up.

{"a": 1, "b": 1}

The application responds with the sum of these numbers (also in json).

{"sum": 2}

The code looks like this:

@appFlask.route('sum', methods=['POST'])
def result():
    data = request.get_json()
    return jsonify({'sum': data['a'] + data['b']})

I would like to do error handling. The problem is that there are a lot of these errors, e.g. for the following calls, they should return "400 Bad Request" or if the file isn't in json.

{"a":1, "b":1, "c":1}
{"a", "a":1, "b":1}
{}
{"a":1}
{"a":0, "b":1}

How can i make it in the simplest way? Is there a way to do this in one function?

charchit · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-26 18:40:11Z

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You can use catch the error and then you can return "400 Bad Request" and return an example of data and it's validations to the user.

@appFlask.route('sum', methods=['POST'])
def result():
    try:
       data = request.get_json()
       # check if a or b is not 0
       if data['a'] == 0 or data['b'] == 0:
           raise Exception("Error occurred")
       return jsonify({'sum': data['a'] + data['b']})
    except Exception as e:
       return "400 Bad Request"

All the other calls mentioned in example will generate error which will be cached.

You don't need to worry for {"a":1, "b":1, "c":1} as it will not affect the code but if you want to consider it bad request you need to do a check for it.

You surely need to do checks according to your needs as there is no built in function for that.

answered May 26, 2022 at 18:40

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ShivaGaire · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-26 19:01:13Z

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You can pass along the HTTP status code with your return statement.

@appFlask.route('/sum', methods=['POST'])
def result():
    try:
       data = request.get_json()
       if len(data.keys()) != 2 and all(data.values()): #
           return "Invalid Data", 400
       return jsonify({'sum': data['a'] + data['b']}), 200
    except Exception as e:
       return "Invalid Data", 400

The all() function returns True if all items in an iterable evaluates to true

answered May 26, 2022 at 19:01

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