Return HTTP status code 201 in flask

Question

We\'re using Flask for one of our API\'s and I was just wondering if anyone knew how to return a HTTP response 201?

For errors such as 404 we can call:

Answer 1

Dependent on how the API is created, normally with a 201 (created) you would return the resource which was created. For example if it was creating a user account you would do something like:

return {"data": {"username": "test","id":"fdsf345"}}, 201

Note the postfixed number is the status code returned.

Alternatively, you may want to send a message to the client such as:

return {"msg": "Created Successfully"}, 201