Classes and Functions API Class Req/Resp Cookies Status Codes Error Handling Redirection Middleware Components Hooks Routing Utilities Testing Changelogs 1.0.0 0.3.0 0.2.0 Created using Sphinx 1.3.5. index See also the WSGI middleware example [http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3333/#middleware- components-that-play-both-sides] given in PEP-3333. Why doesn’t Falcon come with batteries included? The great libraries that you are welcome to use from within your responders, hooks, and middleware components. Falcon doesn’t try to dictate what you should use, since that would take away your freedom to

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See also the WSGI middleware example [http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3333/#middleware- components-that-play-both-sides] given in PEP-3333. Why doesn’t Falcon come with batteries included? The great libraries that you are welcome to use from within your responders, hooks, and middleware components. Falcon doesn’t try to dictate what you should use, since that would take away your freedom to to choose the best tool for the job. How do I authenticate requests? Hooks and middleware components can be used together to authenticate and authorize requests. For example, a middleware component could

Tutorial Classes and Functions API Class Req/Resp Cookies Status Codes Error Handling Middleware Components Hooks Routing Utilities Changelogs 0.3.0 0.2.0 Created using Sphinx 1.2.3. index modules | See also the WSGI middleware example [http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3333/#middleware- components-that-play-both-sides] given in PEP-3333. Why doesn’t Falcon include X? The Python ecosytem offers python-multipart or cgi.FieldStorage? How do I authenticate requests? Hooks and/or middleware components can be used to to authenticate and authorize requests. For example, you could create a middleware

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