# Riferimento Rapido Flask

*Route, template, richieste, blueprint, database, estensioni*

> Source: Flask Documentation (flask.palletsprojects.com) · MIT

## Configurazione

### App Minimale

```
from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def index():
    return 'Hello, World!'
```

### Eseguire l'App

```
pip install flask
flask --app app run --debug
# oppure: python -m flask run --debug
```

### Struttura del Progetto

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `app.py` | Punto di ingresso dell'applicazione |
| `templates/` | Template HTML Jinja2 |
| `static/` | CSS, JS, immagini |
| `models.py` | Modelli database |
| `requirements.txt` | Dipendenze Python |

## Route

### Route Base

```
@app.route('/about')
def about():
    return render_template('about.html')

@app.route('/user/<username>')
def profile(username):
    return f'User: {username}'
```

### Variabili URL

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `<variable>` | Stringa (default) |
| `<int:id>` | Intero |
| `<float:price>` | Float |
| `<path:subpath>` | Stringa con slash |
| `<uuid:item_id>` | UUID |

### Metodi HTTP

```
@app.route('/login', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def login():
    if request.method == 'POST':
        return do_login()
    return render_template('login.html')
```

### Costruzione URL

```
from flask import url_for
url_for('profile', username='alice')
# => '/user/alice'
```

## Template

### Renderizza Template

```
from flask import render_template

@app.route('/posts')
def posts():
    items = get_posts()
    return render_template('posts.html', posts=items)
```

### Sintassi Jinja2

```
{{ variable }}
{% if user %}Benvenuto, {{ user.name }}!{% endif %}
{% for item in items %}
  <li>{{ item }}</li>
{% endfor %}
```

### Ereditarietà Template

```
{# base.html #}
<html><body>{% block content %}{% endblock %}</body></html>

{# child.html #}
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}<h1>Pagina</h1>{% endblock %}
```

### Filtri Comuni

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `\|safe` | Renderizza HTML grezzo |
| `\|escape` | Escaping HTML della stringa |
| `\|length` | Conta elementi |
| `\|default('N/A')` | Fallback per valori vuoti |
| `\|tojson` | Serializza in JSON |

## Richiesta e Risposta

### Oggetto Request

```
from flask import request

request.method          # 'GET', 'POST'
request.args.get('q')   # query string ?q=value
request.form['name']    # dati form POST
request.json            # body JSON parsato
```

### Proprietà Request

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `request.args` | Parametri query string |
| `request.form` | Dati form POST |
| `request.json` | Body JSON parsato |
| `request.files` | File caricati |
| `request.headers` | Header HTTP |
| `request.cookies` | Valori cookie |

### Helper Risposta

```
from flask import jsonify, redirect, make_response

return jsonify({'status': 'ok'})  # risposta JSON
return redirect(url_for('index'))  # redirect
resp = make_response('body', 200)
resp.headers['X-Custom'] = 'value'
```

### Sessione

```
from flask import session
app.secret_key = 'your-secret-key'
session['user_id'] = 42
uid = session.get('user_id')
```

## Form

### Integrazione WTForms

```
pip install flask-wtf
from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
from wtforms import StringField, PasswordField
from wtforms.validators import DataRequired
```

### Definire un Form

```
class LoginForm(FlaskForm):
    username = StringField('Utente', validators=[DataRequired()])
    password = PasswordField('Pass', validators=[DataRequired()])
```

### Utilizzo nella View

```
@app.route('/login', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def login():
    form = LoginForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        user = form.username.data
        return redirect(url_for('dashboard'))
    return render_template('login.html', form=form)
```

### Form nel Template

```
<form method="post">
  {{ form.hidden_tag() }}
  {{ form.username.label }} {{ form.username() }}
  {{ form.password.label }} {{ form.password() }}
  <button type="submit">Login</button>
</form>
```

## Database

### Configurazione SQLAlchemy

```
pip install flask-sqlalchemy
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///app.db'
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
```

### Definire un Modello

```
class User(db.Model):
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = db.Column(db.String(80), nullable=False)
    email = db.Column(db.String(120), unique=True)
    posts = db.relationship('Post', backref='author')
```

### Operazioni CRUD

```
user = User(name='Alice', email='alice@example.com')
db.session.add(user)
db.session.commit()
User.query.filter_by(name='Alice').first()
db.session.delete(user)
db.session.commit()
```

### Query Comuni

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `Model.query.all()` | Tutti i record |
| `Model.query.get(id)` | Per chiave primaria |
| `.filter_by(name='X')` | Filtro semplice per uguaglianza |
| `.filter(Model.age > 18)` | Filtro con espressione |
| `.order_by(Model.name)` | Ordina i risultati |
| `.limit(10).offset(20)` | Pagina i risultati |

## Blueprint

### Crea Blueprint

```
from flask import Blueprint
blog = Blueprint('blog', __name__, url_prefix='/blog')

@blog.route('/')
def index():
    return render_template('blog/index.html')
```

### Registra Blueprint

```
# app.py
from blog import blog
app.register_blueprint(blog)
```

### Costruzione URL Blueprint

```
url_for('blog.index')  # => '/blog/'
url_for('blog.post', id=5)  # => '/blog/post/5'
```

### Struttura Blueprint

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `url_prefix` | Prefisso tutte le route nel blueprint |
| `template_folder` | Directory template personalizzata |
| `static_folder` | File statici specifici del blueprint |
| `@bp.before_request` | Esegui prima di ogni richiesta del blueprint |

## Gestione Errori

### Pagine Errore Personalizzate

```
@app.errorhandler(404)
def not_found(e):
    return render_template('404.html'), 404

@app.errorhandler(500)
def server_error(e):
    return render_template('500.html'), 500
```

### Interrompere Richieste

```
from flask import abort

@app.route('/admin')
def admin():
    if not current_user.is_admin:
        abort(403)
    return render_template('admin.html')
```

### Eccezioni Personalizzate

```
from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException

class InsufficientFunds(HTTPException):
    code = 402
    description = 'Fondi insufficienti'
```

### Logging

```
app.logger.info('User %s logged in', username)
app.logger.warning('Disk space low')
app.logger.error('Payment failed: %s', err)
```

## Configurazione

### Metodi di Config

```
app.config['DEBUG'] = True
app.config.from_object('config.ProductionConfig')
app.config.from_envvar('APP_SETTINGS')
```

### Pattern Classe Config

```
class Config:
    SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY')
    SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False

class DevConfig(Config):
    DEBUG = True
    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///dev.db'
```

### Impostazioni Comuni

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `SECRET_KEY` | Chiave di firma sessione (obbligatorio) |
| `DEBUG` | Abilita modalità debug |
| `TESTING` | Abilita modalità test |
| `SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI` | Stringa di connessione database |
| `MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH` | Dimensione massima upload in byte |
| `JSON_SORT_KEYS` | Ordina le chiavi nell'output JSON |

## Estensioni

### Estensioni Popolari

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `Flask-SQLAlchemy` | Integrazione ORM |
| `Flask-Migrate` | Migrazioni database con Alembic |
| `Flask-WTF` | Gestione form con CSRF |
| `Flask-Login` | Gestione sessioni utente |
| `Flask-Mail` | Invio email |
| `Flask-CORS` | Condivisione risorse cross-origin |
| `Flask-RESTful` | Costruzione API REST |
| `Flask-Caching` | Cache risposte e funzioni |

### Flask-Login

```
from flask_login import LoginManager, login_required
login_manager = LoginManager(app)
login_manager.login_view = 'login'

@login_manager.user_loader
def load_user(user_id):
    return User.query.get(int(user_id))
```

### Flask-Migrate

```
from flask_migrate import Migrate
migrate = Migrate(app, db)
# flask db init    (una volta)
# flask db migrate -m "add users"
# flask db upgrade
```
