Get json from one view by calling it from another view

Question

I have a view that returns JSON data. I want to get that data from another view as well, so I tried calling the JSON view from it. However, a Response was ret

Answer 1

Your view has return jsonify(...) at the end of it. jsonify returns a Response with JSON data, it doesn't return the raw data directly. You could re-parse the JSON data from the response object, or you could separate the function that generates data from the view that returns a response.

from flask import json
r = get_promoter(id)
data = json.loads(r.data, encoding=r.charset))

# or separate the data from the view
def get_promoter(id):
    return json.dumps(...)

@app.route(...)
def promoter(id):
    return jsonify(**get_promoter(id))

@app.route(...)
def other_view():
    promoter = get_promoter(400617)
    ...

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Other views may return other types of data. jsonify happens to return a Response object, but other valid return values are strings (from render_template, for example) and tuples. Any of these will be turned into Responses when Flask is handling a request, but when just calling the view functions they return whatever they return, which might happen to be a Response.