Question

I want to compute functions on my server, such as median() or average(). Currently I’m doing this by mapping these functions to an URL, i.e. /computeMedian. I could alternatively put all my functions into a /computeFunction URL and then post the function name with the data. Is there something wrong with this approach or a better way of doing this?

Answer 1

Nothing wrong with the approach with Flask.

@app.route('/compute/<function>', methods=['GET']) 
def compute(function): 
   if function == 'average':
      return ComputeAverage(request.args.get('list_of_averages'))