The comprehensive WSGI web application library.
werkzeug German noun: "tool". Etymology: werk ("work"), zeug ("stuff")
Werkzeug is a comprehensive WSGI
_ web application library. It began as
a simple collection of various utilities for WSGI applications and has
become one of the most advanced WSGI utility libraries.
It includes:
Werkzeug doesn't enforce any dependencies. It is up to the developer to choose a template engine, database adapter, and even how to handle requests. It can be used to build all sorts of end user applications such as blogs, wikis, or bulletin boards.
Flask
_ wraps Werkzeug, using it to handle the details of WSGI while
providing more structure and patterns for defining powerful
applications.
.. _WSGI: https://wsgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ .. _Flask: https://www.palletsprojects.com/p/flask/
Install and update using pip
_:
.. code-block:: text
pip install -U Werkzeug
.. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/getting-started/
.. code-block:: python
from werkzeug.wrappers import Request, Response
@Request.application
def application(request):
return Response('Hello, World!')
if __name__ == '__main__':
from werkzeug.serving import run_simple
run_simple('localhost', 4000, application)
The Pallets organization develops and supports Werkzeug and other
popular packages. In order to grow the community of contributors and
users, and allow the maintainers to devote more time to the projects,
please donate today
_.
.. _please donate today: https://palletsprojects.com/donate