Define a function using a variable

Question

So I'm using Flask and Twilio's Whatsapp API and I want to have a list of all the routes. The usual code is:

@app.route("/whatever", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def func():
    <Other Stuff>

But I would like something like this

routes = ['route1', 'route2' , 'route3']
for i in routes:
    @app.route("/"+i, methods=['GET', 'POST'])
    def func():
        <Other Stuff>

But when I run it, it doesn't work because the same function is being defined multiple times. Is there a work-around for this. I am new to coding and Python so any help is appreciated!

but it does work. Why do you think, it doesn't? – Daniel Jun 02 '19 at 18:24 — Daniel, Jun 02 '19 at 18:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 02 '19 at 18:25

I think the real question you are asking is how can you map multiple routes to the same function, this can be done just just adding multiple annotations to that function:

@app.route("/route1", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@app.route("/route2", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@app.route("/route3", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def func():
    <Other Stuff>

Define a function using a variable

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