I have a function that analyzes a CSV file with Pandas and produces a dict with summary information. I want to return the results as a response from a Flask view. How do I return a JSON response?
@app.route("/summary") def summary(): d = make_summary() # send it back as json
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Answer
A view can directly return a Python dict or list and Flask will call jsonify
automatically.
@app.route("/summary") def summary(): d = make_summary() return d
For older Flask versions, or to return a different JSON-serializable object, import and use jsonify
.
from flask import jsonify @app.route("/summary") def summary(): d = make_summary() return jsonify(d)