Godwin Paul Vincent

I have been recently working on a flask web API project. One of my API routes' is expecting data to be posted from a form, or sent via JSON payload (Swagger UI).  In this blog, we'll explore a smart approach to handling both JSON and form data seamlessly within your Flask routes. The challenge was in creating routes that can gracefully handle both scenarios without cumbersome if-else blocks. data = request.json or request.form.to_dict() This single line of code drastically simplifies the route's logic. Let's break it down: request.json attempts to parse the incoming data as JSON. If the data isn't in JSON format, it returns None. request.form.to_dict() takes care of parsing form data into a dictionary. This method returns an empty dictionary if no form data is present. By using the or operator, we create a neat and efficient way to handle both JSON and form payload scenarios.  from flask import Flask, request app = Flask(__name__) @app.route('/process_data&#