hug vs connexion

hug

Embrace the APIs of the future. Hug aims to make developing APIs as simple as possible, but no simpler. (by hugapi)

#RESTful API #Framework agnostic #hug-api #python-api #Falcon #Python #Python3 #HTTP #HTTP Server #Command-line

connexion

Swagger/OpenAPI First framework for Python on top of Flask with automatic endpoint validation & OAuth2 support (by spec-first)

#RESTful API #Python #OpenAPI #api-rest #Swagger #flask-extensions #Microservices #Web

Source Code

connexion.readthedocs.io

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hug		connexion
	Project
1	Mentions	8
6,621	Stars	4,021
0.1%	Growth	0.9%
0.0	Activity	8.0
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	8 days ago
Python	Language	Python
MIT License	License	Apache License 2.0

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hug

Posts with mentions or reviews of hug. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-30.

Python Web Frameworks, but not Flask or FastApi
5 projects | dev.to | 30 Jul 2021

Hug

connexion

Posts with mentions or reviews of connexion. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-20.

How much front-end knowledge is required to work in Flask?
1 project | reddit.com/r/flask | 26 Apr 2022

I do like to use their SQLAlchemy ModelView for CRUD operations and expose a OpenAPI to it using flask based connexion project for front-end or other integration points.
Flask vs FastAPI for a microservice
2 projects | reddit.com/r/Python | 20 Apr 2022
Opinion : Flask is only suitable for small and crud projects. Even with blueprints, even mid scale projects get messy and painful.
1 project | reddit.com/r/flask | 28 Mar 2022

but maybe because i decided to use connexion(api) or flask-admin(mvc) i had a better user experience while still feeling i have control over my requirements.txt.
Log Connexion request body
2 projects | dev.to | 5 Feb 2022

Connexion is a framework on top of Flask that automagically handles HTTP requests defined using OpenAPI
How Dynamically generating Serializers & ModelViewSets using "meta-programming" probably saved me 100+ hours of writing code.
2 projects | reddit.com/r/django | 5 Feb 2022

https://github.com/zalando/connexion (spec-first framework on top of Flask)
How to test a Connexion/Flask app?
1 project | reddit.com/r/codehunter | 5 Dec 2021

I'm using the Connexion framework for Flask to build a microservice. I would like to write tests for my application using py.test.
Flask 2.0 is coming, please help us test
13 projects | reddit.com/r/Python | 16 Apr 2021

I'm a bit late to this thread, but I'd also recommend Zalando's connexion library for OpenAPI declarative API specs (built on top of Flask).
Here's a list of Python web frameworks that you can use to create a website or API
3 projects | reddit.com/r/Python | 28 Jan 2021

Connexion for OpenAPI spec first REST APIs: https://github.com/zalando/connexion

What are some alternatives?

When comparing hug and connexion you can also consider the following projects:

flask-restful - Simple framework for creating REST APIs

Flask RestPlus - Fully featured framework for fast, easy and documented API development with Flask

flasgger - Easy OpenAPI specs and Swagger UI for your Flask API

falcon - The no-magic web data plane API and microservices framework for Python developers, with a focus on reliability, correctness, and performance at scale.

django-rest-framework - Web APIs for Django. 🎸

eve - REST API framework designed for human beings

Blueprint/Boilerplate For Python Projects - Blueprint/Boilerplate For Python Projects

quart-schema

Dependency Injector - Dependency injection framework for Python

flask-apscheduler - Adds APScheduler support to Flask

apispec - A pluggable API specification generator. Currently supports the OpenAPI Specification (f.k.a. the Swagger specification)..

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