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Python Flask REST API Resourceful Blueprints Blueprints

Riccardo Candido
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Riccardo Candido
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Riccardo Candido
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Unable to run the app after I use 'app.register_blueprint(courses_api)'

I followed everything so far, however I am stuck with Blueprint now. I get this error and I am not even sure what exactly the problem is:

$ python app.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "app.py", line 13, in <module>
    app.register_blueprint(mailbox_api)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 62, in wrapper_func
    return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 889, in register_blueprint
    blueprint.register(self, options, first_registration)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/blueprints.py", line 153, in register
    deferred(state)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/blueprints.py", line 172, in <lambda>
    s.add_url_rule(rule, endpoint, view_func, **options))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/flask_restful/__init__.py", line 161, in _blueprint_setup_add_url_rule_patch
    view_func, defaults=defaults, **options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 62, in wrapper_func
    return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 976, in add_url_rule
    rule = self.url_rule_class(rule, methods=methods, **options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/werkzeug/routing.py", line 541, in __init__
    raise ValueError('urls must start with a leading slash')
ValueError: urls must start with a leading slash

By the way, I changed the name of the variables, but I am sure I am consistent with that and that that is not the issue here.

1 Answer

Anthony Kimberly
Anthony Kimberly
11,049 Points
Anthony Kimberly
Anthony Kimberly
11,049 Points

I had this same problem and was able to find in my courses.py file I was missing the slash ("/") at the beginning of one of the URIs. I had this:

api.add_resource(
    Course,
    'api/v1/courses/<int:id>',
    endpoint='course'
    )

and it should've been this:

api.add_resource(
    Course,
    '/api/v1/courses/<int:id>',
    endpoint='course'
    )

If that doesn't fix it can you post your code?