Enhancement: Improve Flask-Mongo Sample Application with Robust Features and Security Updates #46
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…te limiting, Swagger, and dotenv support
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Hey @v-anushka05, Thank you for raising the pr. Our team will review this pr soon
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Hey @v-anushka05, I need a more clarification on this pr. Can you tell me why utils section is doing here?
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🚀 Flask-Mongo Sample App Enhancement
I've significantly upgraded the Flask-Mongo sample application to make it more robust, secure, production-ready, and developer-friendly.
🔧 Project Structure Improvements
🗂️ Modular code organization with clean separation of concerns
🔑 Configuration management via environment variables
📄 Added
.gitignoreto avoid unnecessary files being tracked✨ Feature Enhancements
✅ Input Validation
Comprehensive request validation using
jsonschemato ensure data integrity.✅ Error Handling
Centralized and consistent error handling returning proper HTTP status codes.
✅ Logging
Added structured JSON logging using
python-json-loggerfor better observability.✅ API Documentation
Integrated Swagger UI using
flask-restxfor interactive API exploration.✅ Rate Limiting
Prevent abuse by limiting request rates with
flask-limiter.✅ Health Check Endpoint
Added
/healthroute for service health monitoring.✅ Configuration Management
Moved sensitive configs to environment variables using
python-dotenv.🔐 Security Improvements
🧹 Input sanitization and strict validation
🌐 CORS configuration to control cross-origin requests
🛡️ Secure HTTP headers
🚫 Proper error handling to prevent information leakage
🧹 Code Quality Enhancements
🔤 Added type hints and detailed docstrings
🔄 Consistent error handling across all endpoints
📦 Cleaner, scalable, and maintainable codebase
📦 New Dependencies Introduced
✅ Changes successfully implemented and tested.
Ready for production-like environments! 🚀