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Flask Framework Cookbook

You're reading from   Flask Framework Cookbook Enhance your Flask skills with advanced techniques and build dynamic, responsive web applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804611104
Length 318 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Shalabh Aggarwal Shalabh Aggarwal
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Flask Fundamentals
2. Chapter 1: Flask Configurations FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Templating with Jinja 4. Chapter 3: Data Modeling in Flask 5. Chapter 4: Working with Views 6. Part 2: Flask Deep Dive
7. Chapter 5: Web Forms with WTForms 8. Chapter 6: Authenticating in Flask 9. Chapter 7: RESTful API Building 10. Chapter 8: Admin Interface for Flask Apps 11. Chapter 9: Internationalization and Localization 12. Part 3: Advanced Flask
13. Chapter 10: Debugging, Error Handling, and Testing 14. Chapter 11: Deployment and Post-Deployment 15. Chapter 12: Microservices and Containers 16. Chapter 13: GPT with Flask 17. Chapter 14: Additional Tips and Tricks 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating user roles

So far, we have discovered how a view that is accessible to a certain set of admin users can be created easily using the is_accessible() method. This can be extended to have different kinds of scenarios, where specific users will be able to view specific views. There is another way of implementing user roles at a much more granular level in a model, where the roles determine whether a user can perform all, some, or any of the CRUD operations.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will explore a basic way of creating user roles, where an admin user can only perform actions they are entitled to.

Information

Remember that this is just one way of implementing user roles. There are a number of better ways of doing this, but this one appears to be the best one to demonstrate the concept of creating user roles. One such method would be to create user groups and assign roles to the groups, rather than individual users. Another method can be the more complex policy...

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