flask-objectid-converter 1.0.0

Usage

• add the Converter to the flask app

• use it in routes ### Add Converter to app: ```python from flask import Flask from objectid_converter import ObjectIDConverter

app = Flask(name) app.url_map.converters[‘objectid’] = ObjectIDConverter ### Use in routespython @app.route(‘/users/’) def get_user(oid): return User.objects.get(id=oid) ```

Throws 404 if the requested value cant be decoded

from flask import url_for
url_for(get_user, oid=User.id)

Encoding and Decoding

The converter encodes the objectid to base64. For manual encoding and decoding use the itsdangerous library:

import bson
from itsdangerous import base64_encode, base64_decode

# encoding
oid = bson.ObjectId()
base64_encode(oid.binary)

# decoding
value = 'SomeBase64DecodedString'
bson.ObjectId(base64_decode(value))

Testing

python setup.py test

ToDo

Make a proper flask extension with init_app, encode, decode functions, configuration of conversion algorithm (specify alphabet).

base64 is sufficient for me. So i will not touch this right now. If somebody needs this, let me know.