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Python Microservices Development

You're reading from   Python Microservices Development Build, test, deploy, and scale microservices in Python

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Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785881114
Length 340 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Understanding Microservices 2. Discovering Flask FREE CHAPTER 3. Coding, Testing, and Documenting - the Virtuous Cycle 4. Designing Runnerly 5. Interacting with Other Services 6. Monitoring Your Services 7. Securing Your Services 8. Bringing It All Together 9. Packaging and Running Runnerly 10. Containerized Services 11. Deploying on AWS 12. What Next?

How Flask handles requests

The framework entry point is the Flask class in the flask.app module. Running a Flask application means running one single instance of this class, which will take care of handling incoming Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) requests, dispatch them to the right code, and then return a response.

WSGI is a specification that defines the interface between web servers and Python applications. The incoming request is described in a single mapping, and frameworks such as Flask take care of routing the call to the right callable.

The class offers a route method, which can decorate your functions. When you decorate a function with it, it becomes a view, and it's registered into Werkzeug's routing system. That system uses a small rule engine to match views with incoming requests, and will be described later in this chapter.

Here's a very basic...

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