How to save a JSON post request with a Flask server?

Question

I have a simple web server built with Flask. The server listens for JSON post webhooks.

  @app.route('/webhook', methods=['POST'])
def webhook():
    if request.method == 'POST':

I need a way to save the incoming JSON data. I am not sure how to go about this. The data doesn't need to be put into tables or configured in anyway.

Answer 1

Use Python's logging facility. An example code below, used from Logging to a file and your snippet shared above.

import logging
from flask import Flask, request

logging.basicConfig(filename='requests.log', level=logging.DEBUG, format='%(asctime)s %(message)s', datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p')

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/webhook', methods=['POST'])
def webhook():
    if request.method == 'POST':
        request_data = request.get_json()
        logging.info(request_data)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    logging.info("Running application with local development server!")
    app.run()

The above code will log your requests with timestamps to a file and append to the file every time a new request is made.

Answer 2

from flask import request, jsonify

def webhook():
    resp=''
    if request.method == 'POST':
        my_form_field = request.form['my_form_field']
        if my_form_field:
            resp = 'Form data received'`enter code here`
            return jsonify(resp = resp) #you may collect this response with JQuery
        else:
            resp = 'Form field is empty'
            return jsonify(resp = resp)```