POSTing to a flask app

Hi, I have a very simple flask app:

 python
from flask import Flask, jsonify, request
from waitress import serve
import os

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
def index():
    print(request)
    return jsonify({"Hello from Flask!"})

if __name__ == '__main__':
    serve(app, host='0.0.0.0', port=os.getenv("PORT"))

 python
from flask import Flask, jsonify, request
from waitress import serve
import os

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
def index():
    print(request)
    return jsonify({"Hello from Flask!"})

if __name__ == '__main__':
    serve(app, host='0.0.0.0', port=os.getenv("PORT"))

When I try to POST to my endpoint in postman I get this in my log:

<Request 'MY_URL'; [GET]>

<Request 'MY_URL'; [GET]>

It is a GET request? This I think has been my problem when I try to run request.get_json() as there is nothing in the body as it is a GET? My question is, how can I fix this to send/receive POST requests properly (it works locally). Thanks :)

Solution:

your problem is that you arent requesting over https

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8 Replies

Percy•2y ago

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Brody•2y ago

do you have a procfile?

cheesy_peteOP•2y ago

Brody•2y ago

okay i see you are using waitress, no need for gunicorn

Solution

Brody•2y ago

your problem is that you arent requesting over https

cheesy_peteOP•2y ago

Wow, thank you that has solved it

MantisInABox•2y ago

Also, if you are doing GET and POST on the same endpoint, you should probably use a conditional on the request to see if it’s a post, then do your logic inside the conditional, and then provide your get logic outside of the conditional.

if request.method(“POST”):
    <logic here>
    return redirect()


<get logic>
return render_template()

if request.method(“POST”):
    <logic here>
    return redirect()


<get logic>
return render_template()

Just sayin

Brody•2y ago

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