Allow ALL method types in flask route

Question

How can I allow a route to accept all types of methods?

I don't just want to route the standard methods like HEAD, GET, POST, OPTIONS, DELETE & PUT.

I would like it to also accept the following methods: FOOBAR, WHYISTHISMETHODNAMESOLONG & every other possible method names.

Answer 1

You can change the url_map directly for this, by adding a Rule with no methods:

from flask import Flask, request
import unittest
from werkzeug.routing import Rule

app = Flask(__name__)
app.url_map.add(Rule('/', endpoint='index'))

@app.endpoint('index')
def index():
    return request.method


class TestMethod(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.client = app.test_client()

    def test_custom_method(self):
        resp = self.client.open('/', method='BACON')
        self.assertEqual('BACON', resp.data)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

methods

A sequence of http methods this rule applies to. If not specified, all methods are allowed.