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Flask Framework Cookbook

You're reading from   Flask Framework Cookbook Over 80 proven recipes and techniques for Python web development with Flask

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789951295
Length 302 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Shalabh Aggarwal Shalabh Aggarwal
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Flask Configurations 2. Templating with Jinja2 FREE CHAPTER 3. Data Modeling in Flask 4. Working with Views 5. Webforms with WTForms 6. Authenticating in Flask 7. RESTful API Building 8. Admin Interface for Flask Apps 9. Internationalization and Localization 10. Debugging, Error Handling, and Testing 11. Deployment and Post-Deployment 12. Microservices and Containers 13. Other Tips and Tricks 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Validating fields on the server side

We have forms and fields, but we need to validate them in order to make sure that only the correct data goes through to the database, and that errors are handled beforehand, rather than corrupting the database. These validations can also prevent the application against cross-site scripting (XSS) and CSRF attacks. WTForms provides a whole lot of field types that themselves have validations written for them by default. Apart from these, there are a bunch of validators that can be used on the basis of choice and need. In this recipe, we will use a few of them to understand the concept.

How to do it...

It is pretty easy to add validations to our WTForm fields. We just need to pass a validators...

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