Is Flask a Web server?

Although Flask has a built-in web server , as we all know, it’s not suitable for production and needs to be put behind a real web server able to communicate with Flask through a WSGI protocol. A common choice for that is Gunicorn—a Python WSGI HTTP server.

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What are Web services in Python?

Web services can be generally regarded as functions or functionality of applications or systems exposed over the Web using standardised message formats and typically interfaced to other software using traditional APIs , although “message-centric” usage of such services is also possible and may be favoured by certain …

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What is Flask REST?

Flask-RESTful¶ Flask-RESTful is an extension for Flask that adds support for quickly building REST APIs . It is a lightweight abstraction that works with your existing ORM/libraries. Flask-RESTful encourages best practices with minimal setup.

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Is FastAPI better than Flask?

Flask is more battle-tested, therefore slightly more reliable , and it’s widely used. FastAPI is a newer, more modern framework known for its speed with lots of built-in support like Pydantic and SwaggerUI. Now that you have a better understanding of each framework, let our faceoff begin!

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