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# needs: pip install python-simplexml
from simplexml import dumps
from flask import make_response, Flask
from flask_restful import Api, Resource
def output_xml(data, code, headers=None):
"""Makes a Flask response with a XML encoded body"""
resp = make_response(dumps({'response' :data}), code)
resp.headers.extend(headers or {})
return resp
app = Flask(__name__)
api = Api(app, default_mediatype='application/xml')
api.representations['application/xml'] = output_xml
class Hello(Resource):
"""
# you need requests
>>> from requests import get
>>> get('http://localhost:5000/me').content # default_mediatype
'<?xml version="1.0" ?><response><hello>me</hello></response>'
>>> get('http://localhost:5000/me', headers={"accept":"application/json"}).content
'{"hello": "me"}'
>>> get('http://localhost:5000/me', headers={"accept":"application/xml"}).content
'<?xml version="1.0" ?><response><hello>me</hello></response>'
"""
def get(self, entry):
return {'hello': entry}
api.add_resource(Hello, '/<string:entry>')
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run(debug=True)
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