Code Explainers

Python code explainers

python
import uuid
from pathlib import Path
 
from fastapi import APIRouter, File, Form, HTTPException, UploadFile

Handling multipart file uploads in FastAPI

file-upload validation multipart-form
Intermediate 6 steps
python
from copy import deepcopy
from typing import Any, Mapping
 
 

How a recursive deep merge works in Python

recursion immutability dictionaries
Intermediate 6 steps
python
from difflib import SequenceMatcher
from bisect import bisect_left, bisect_right
 
 

Building a fuzzy autocomplete matcher

fuzzy-matching binary-search ranking
Intermediate 9 steps
python
import secrets
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
from fastapi import APIRouter, Cookie, Depends, HTTPException, Response, status

Cookie session auth in FastAPI

session-authentication cookies dependency-injection
Intermediate 8 steps
python
from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status
from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordBearer
from jose import JWTError, jwt
from sqlalchemy.orm import Session

Chaining auth dependencies in FastAPI

dependency-injection jwt-authentication authorization
Intermediate 8 steps
python
from flask import Blueprint, request, url_for, jsonify, abort
from flask.views import MethodView
 
from .models import Article, db

Building a paginated JSON API with Flask MethodView

rest-api pagination class-based-views
Intermediate 10 steps
python
import threading
from functools import wraps
 
 

A thread-safe debounce decorator in Python

decorators debounce threading
Advanced 6 steps
python
from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 
ALLOWED_SCHEMES = {"http", "https"}

Validating URLs into a safe endpoint in Python

input validation url parsing dataclasses
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from flask import Blueprint, render_template, request, redirect, url_for, flash
from werkzeug.security import check_password_hash
 
from .models import User, db

A change-email route in Flask

blueprints form-validation password-hashing
Intermediate 8 steps
python
import pytest
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker

Testing FastAPI routes with dependency overrides

testing fixtures dependency-injection
Intermediate 7 steps
python
import hashlib
import os
from datetime import timedelta
 

Serving cacheable static assets in Flask

http-caching etag conditional-requests
Intermediate 8 steps
python
import re
from collections import Counter
from pathlib import Path
 

Ranking the top words in a PDF

text-processing regex counting
Intermediate 6 steps
python
import django_filters
from django import forms
from django.utils import timezone
 

Building a date-range FilterSet in Django

filtering querysets form-widgets
Intermediate 6 steps
python
import json
import hashlib
from datetime import timedelta
 

Idempotent payment endpoints in FastAPI

idempotency redis distributed-locking
Advanced 9 steps
python
from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, request, abort
 
v1 = Blueprint("users_v1", __name__)
v2 = Blueprint("users_v2", __name__)

Versioning a Flask API with Blueprints

api versioning blueprints rest
Intermediate 7 steps
python
import time
import threading
from enum import Enum
from functools import wraps

Building a circuit breaker in Python

circuit-breaker resilience decorators
Advanced 7 steps
python
from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchQuery, SearchRank, SearchVector
from django.core.cache import cache
from django.db.models import F
from django.http import JsonResponse

Ranked full-text search in Django

full-text-search debouncing caching
Advanced 9 steps
python
import os
from datetime import timedelta
 
 

Class-based config in a Flask app factory

configuration app-factory inheritance
Intermediate 7 steps