dispatch_request() — flask Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the dispatch_request() function in views.py from the flask codebase.

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Source Code

src/flask/views.py lines 182–191

    def dispatch_request(self, **kwargs: t.Any) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue:
        meth = getattr(self, request.method.lower(), None)

        # If the request method is HEAD and we don't have a handler for it
        # retry with GET.
        if meth is None and request.method == "HEAD":
            meth = getattr(self, "get", None)

        assert meth is not None, f"Unimplemented method {request.method!r}"
        return current_app.ensure_sync(meth)(**kwargs)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]