request() — flask Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the request() function in ctx.py from the flask codebase.

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Source Code

src/flask/ctx.py lines 370–378

    def request(self) -> Request:
        """The request object associated with this context. Accessed through
        :data:`.request`. Only available in request contexts, otherwise raises
        :exc:`RuntimeError`.
        """
        if self._request is None:
            raise RuntimeError("There is no request in this context.")

        return self._request