Restx-Monkey

Monkey patches for unmaintained flask-restx python package to keep your installation of flask-restx compatible with the latest flask and werkzeug.

Good NEWS everyone! Package flask-restx is maintained now! I strongly suggest to submit issues on official project issues page.

Installation

To install restx_monkey, use pip:

python -m pip install -U restx-monkey

Usage

Before importing flask-restx apply all patches in your main module:

# app main file
import restx_monkey as monkey

monkey.patch_restx()

# after patch import other modules 
import flask_restx
# your other code

or select which patches you do not want to apply

# app main file
import restx_monkey as monkey

monkey.patch_restx(fix_restx_api=False)

# after patch import other modules 
import flask_restx
# your other code

What is patched?

Here is list of patches applied to flask-restx package by this monkey:

• replace_parse_rule - injects parse_rule method into werkzeug because flask-restx is using this internal method
• fix_restx_api - fix deprecated flask-restx.api.Api init of doc endpoints after blueprint is bound
• fix_restx_parser - replace failing flask_restx.reqparse.Argument class with child whom can correctly handle json location of argument in flask.Request even in HTTP GET callback
• update_swagger_ui - replace content of flask_restx.static directory with the later swagger UI then restx < 1.0
• fix_endpoint_from_view - fix flask.scaffold missing _endpoint_from_view_func
• inject_versions - puts back __version__ to flask and werkzeug for 3.0+ where the version was removed

Goal of project

Keep flask-restx compatible with the latest flask and werkzeug as long as it is reasonable simple to monkey patch it.

What this project is not

This project does not solve incompatibilities of other python packages using flask-restx.

Tests

You can run tests with coverage tracing:

python -m coverage run -m unittest tests/test_* -v 

To generate coverage report:

python -m coverage html   

Build

Clone repo and set up your pypi repo account credentials on build for build environment.

• Move to package repo:

  cd ~/git/restx_monkey

• Install requirements:

  python -m pip install -Ur requirements.txt

• Clean old build fragments:

  rm -rf ./dist ./build ./src/restx_monkey.egg-info

• Build new package:

  python -m build

• Upload new package:

  python -m twine upload dist/*