How to send http request to python flask server from desktop application?

Question

I have configured python server using flask framework. Now I want to send request to server from my desktop application. My server location is : http://127.0.0.1:5000/

I have written code which work from browser but i want to access that code from my desktop app.

import flask,flask.views import os import functools 
app=flask.Flask(__name__)

app.secret_key="xyz" users={'pravin':'abc'}
class Main(flask.views.MethodView):
    def get(self):
        return flask.render_template('index.html')
    def post(self):
        if 'logout' in flask.request.form:
            flask.session.pop('username',None)
            return flask.redirect(flask.url_for('index'))
        required=['username','passwd']
        for r in required:
        if r not in flask.request.form:
            flask.flash("Error: {0} is required.".format(r))
            return flask.redirect(flask.url_for('index'))

        username=flask.request.form['username']
        password=flask.request.form['passwd']
        if username in users and users[username]==password:
            flask.session['username']=username
        else:
            flask.flash("Username doesn`t exist or incorrect password.")

        return flask.redirect(flask.url_for('index'))

app.add_url_rule("/",view_func=Main.as_view("index"),methods=["GET","POST"])
app.debug=True
app.run()

Answer 1

You have to use a python library to access the url from the desktop app.

Try requests module . It makes working with http request easy and describes itself as an elegant and simple HTTP library for Python, built for human beings.

Sample code:

    >>> r = requests.get('http://127.0.0.1:5000')
    >>> r.status_code
        <Response [200]>

Answer 2

Did you try to use the python standard library httplib ?

Or the even better httplib2 .

Here is a GET test (inspired by httplib2 examples ) :

import httplib2
h = httplib2.Http()
resp, content = h.request("http://127.0.0.1:5000/")