Editing data – the React–Flask approach

In addition to displaying and adding data, it’s also important for a web application to allow the user to edit data. In this section, you will learn how to implement data editing in a React-Flask web application.

Editing data in Flask

Now, let’s add the endpoint to handle the logic for updating the speaker data in the database. Add the following code to app.py:

from flask import jsonify, requestfrom werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
@app.route('/api/v1/speakers/<int:speaker_id>',
    methods=['PUT'])
def update_speaker(speaker_id):
    data = request.get_json()
    name = data.get('name')
    email = data.get('email')
    company = data.get('company')
    position = data.get('position')
    bio = data...