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handsomer223
handsomer223

Reputation: 955

Difference between namespaces and blueprints in flask-restful and flask

I am unable to understand the what purpose does blueprints and namespaces serve in web app. I read the documentation but cannot figure it out exactly.
It would be really helpful for me if you give a simple explanation with example for each case.
Thanks!

Upvotes: 23

Views: 14128

Answers (2)

ipetrik
ipetrik

Reputation: 2044

I may still be missing something, but this tutorial seems to clarify the documentation a bit more.

Regarding @code_dredd's comment:

why should anyone choose to use a Blueprint over a Namespace (or viceversa) when both claim to have the same purpose?

Namespaces appear to be intended for organizing REST endpoints within a given API, whereas Blueprints, in this context, appear to be intended for allowing multiple APIs to be mixed and matched with other APIs or non-REST routes on a Flask App, according to Flask's design specification.

Upvotes: 13

Chetan
Chetan

Reputation: 302

As per flask-restplus:

Flask-RESTPlus provides a way to use almost the same pattern as Flask’s blueprint. The main idea is to split your app into reusable namespaces.

from: http://flask-restplus.readthedocs.io/en/stable/scaling.html

namespace is from the Flask-RESTPlus and Blueprint is from flask to organize your app.

the namespaces modules (specific to Flask-RESTPlus) are reusable namespaces designed like you would do with Flask’s Blueprint.

Upvotes: 0

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