flask before request - add exception for specific route

Question

In the before_request() function (below), I want to redirect the user to /login if they are not yet logged in. Is there a special variable that wil

Answer 1

You can use a decorator. Here's an example that shows how to check an API key before specific requests:

from functools import wraps

def require_api_key(api_method):
    @wraps(api_method)

    def check_api_key(*args, **kwargs):
        apikey = request.headers.get('ApiKey')
        if apikey and apikey == SECRET_KEY:
            return api_method(*args, **kwargs)
        else:
            abort(401)

    return check_api_key

And you can use it with:

@require_api_key