Flask Python

A Python snippet for Flask that answers requests for /pixel.gif with the empty GIF, decoded once at startup.

Flask Python

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Install: pip install flask
File: app.py
Run: flask --app app run --port 8080

import base64

from flask import Flask, Response

GIF = base64.b64decode("R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==")

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.get("/pixel.gif")
def pixel():
    return Response(GIF, mimetype="image/gif", headers={"Cache-Control": "no-store"})

We ran this snippet and compared the bytes it returned.

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curl -sI http://localhost:8080/pixel.gif

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