Index

A

• Alembic
  • about / Alembic
• application, setting up
  • about / Setting up the application
  • models, declaring / Declaring our models
  • OAuth in views, handling / Handling OAuth in our views
  • recipes, creating / Creating recipes
  • recipes, posting to Twitter and Facebook / Posting recipes to Twitter and Facebook
  • SQLAlchemy events / SQLAlchemy events
  • common friends, finding / Finding common friends
• application factories
  • about / Application factories
  • application context / The application context
  • app object, instantiating / Instantiating an app object
• application factory
  • about / The application factory
• approaches
  • Fan-out on Write / Social features – friends and followers
  • Fan-out on Read / Social features – friends and followers
  • Nan the world), but / Social features – friends and followers

B

• Blinker
  • publish/subscribe events, using with / Publish/subscribe events with Blinker
  • signals, from extensions / Signals from Flask and extensions
  • signals, from Flask / Signals from Flask and extensions
  • custom signals, creating / Creating custom signals
• Blueprint
  • about / Starting off

C

• command-line interface (CLI) / From module to package
• Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) / Flask-WTF – form validation and rendering

D

• database
  • migrations / Interlude – database migrations
• data mapper / Declarative mapping and Flask-SQLAlchemy
• data model, Snap application
  • about / The data model for snaps
  • user_id attribute / The data model for snaps
  • created_on attribute / The data model for snaps
  • hash_key attribute / The data model for snaps
  • content attribute / The data model for snaps
  • extension attribute / The data model for snaps
  • name attribute / The data model for snaps
  • user attribute / The data model for snaps
  • content-sensitive default functions, using / Better defaults with content-sensitive default functions
• dependency hell
  • avoiding / Avoiding dependency hell, the Python way
• dunder
  • about / Starting off

E

• exceptions
  • handling / Graceful handling of exceptions

F

• Flask
  • extensions / Flask extensions – the basics
  • extensions, uses / When should an extension be used?
  • extensions, GitHubber / Our extension – GitHubber
• Flask-RESTful
  • APIs with / Simple APIs with Flask-RESTful
  • password handling, with hybrid attributes / Improved password handling with hybrid attributes
  • API authentication / API authentication
  • authentication, protocols / Authentication protocols
  • users, getting / Getting users
  • new users, creating / Creating new users
  • input validation / Input validation
  • API testing / API testing
• Flask-Script commands
  • across Blueprints / The Flask-Script commands across Blueprints
  • submanagers / Submanagers
  • arguments, required / The required and optional arguments
  • arguments, optional / The required and optional arguments
• Flask-Script submanager
  • about / Submanagers
• Flask-SQLAlchemy
  • about / Flask-SQLAlchemy
  • configuring / Configuring Flask-SQLAlchemy
  • basics / SQLAlchemy basics
  • benefits / SQLAlchemy basics
  • declarative mapping / Declarative mapping and Flask-SQLAlchemy
  • snap data models / Snap data models
• Flask-WTF
  • URL / Flask-WTF – form validation and rendering
  • about / Flask-WTF – form validation and rendering
  • user passwords, hashing / Hashing user passwords
  • application SECRET_KEY, configuring / Configure an application SECRET_KEY
  • blueprint, hooking up / Hook up the blueprint
• Flask application structure
  • about / Your first Flask application structure
  • from module, to package / From module to package
  • from package to blueprint / From package to blueprint
  • blueprint / Our first blueprint
• Flask documentation
  • URL / From package to blueprint
• functional testing
  • and unit testing / Unit and functional testing
  • and integration testing / Functional and integration testing
  • about / Functional testing

I

• integration testing
  • and functional testing / Functional and integration testing
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) / Terminology

M

• manage.py file
  • about / The manage.py file
  • built-in default commands / The built-in default commands
• marshalling
  • about / Fetching the user's photos
• Model class / Declarative mapping and Flask-SQLAlchemy

N

• newsfeed / Your newsfeed
• newsfeed-like service
  • implementing / Social features – friends and followers

O

• OAuth
  • about / First OAuth
  • advantages / Why use OAuth?
  • consumer / Terminology
  • provider / Terminology
  • resource owner / Terminology
  • access token(s) / Terminology
  • authorization server / Terminology
  • flow type / Terminology
• OAuth 1.0
  • about / So what's wrong with OAuth 1.0?

P

• packages
  • adding, to virtual environment / Adding packages to an existing environment
  • uninstalling, from testing environment / Uninstalling packages from an existing environment
• Photo Stream API
  • about / Starting off
  • application factory / The application factory
• pip
  • about / Setuptools and pip
• publish/subscribe events
  • using, with Blinker / Publish/subscribe events with Blinker
• publishers / Publish/subscribe events with Blinker

S

• setuptools
  • about / Setuptools and pip
• Shutterbug
  • photos, uploading / Back to Shutterbug – uploading photos
  • fie uploads, in distributed systems / File uploads in distributed systems
  • photo uploads, testing / Testing the photo uploads
  • users photos, fetching / Fetching the user's photos
• signals, Flask
  • request_started / Signals from Flask and extensions
  • request_finished / Signals from Flask and extensions
• signals, Flask-Login
  • user_logged_in / Signals from Flask and extensions
  • user_logged_out / Signals from Flask and extensions
  • user_unauthorized / Signals from Flask and extensions
• signals, Flask-SQLAlchemy extension
  • models_committed / Signals from Flask and extensions
  • before_models_committed / Signals from Flask and extensions
• Snap application
  • building / Getting started
  • Flask-Login, for authentication / Flask-Login and Flask-Bcrypt for authentication
  • Flask-Bcrypt, for authentication / Flask-Login and Flask-Bcrypt for authentication
  • running / Let's run this thing
  • data model / The data model for snaps
  • view handlers / Snap view handlers
• Socializer
  • starting with / Starting off
  • application factories / Application factories
• SQLAlchemy events / SQLAlchemy events

T

• testing environment
  • packages, uninstalling from / Uninstalling packages from an existing environment
• three-legged authorization
  • about / Three-legged authorization

U

• unit testing
  • and functional testing / Unit and functional testing

V

• version control system (VCS) / Simplifying common operations – using the virtualenvwrapper tool
• virtualenv
  • working with / Working with virtualenv
• virtual environment
  • creating / Creating a new virtual environment
  • deactivating / Activating and deactivating virtual environments
  • activating / Activating and deactivating virtual environments
  • packages, adding to / Adding packages to an existing environment
• virtualenvwrapper tool
  • used, for simplifying common operations / Simplifying common operations – using the virtualenvwrapper tool

W

• Werkzeug
  • about / Interlude – Werkzeug
  • middlewares / Interlude – Werkzeug middlewares