falconry/falcon

Regular expression route converter

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#857 opened on Aug 4, 2016

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Description

I have question about embedding regular expression in route object like it doing in flask.

Let's I show you example:

/user/<name:[A-Za-z0-9]+>
/article/<article_id:[0-9A-F]+>

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Could you have this or maybe a good idea porting Flask router to falcon system?

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backendapi
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
PythonFalcon routing
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50
Research direction
Examine the issue's comments and the Flask routing documentation for regex converters. Look at Falcon's current route syntax and the implementation of Route class in falcon/routing.py. Propose a design that integrates regex patterns into the existing route format without breaking backward compatibility. Consider using Python's re module for pattern matching.