Hooks

Hooks are scripts which are triggered by HTTP requests. When your hook is active, any HTTP request sent to the hook endpoint will trigger the execution of the script.

Request object

from abstra.hooks import get_request

body, query, headers = get_request()

Function definition

def get_request(local_file=None):

Parameters

Keyword Arguments
local_file (string)	Fallback file location for testing locally

Returns

Returns
(parsed json or string)	Body parsed according to content-type header
(dict)	Query parameters
(dict)	Headers

Response object

To send the response you have to use on of our builtin utils functions send_response or send_json:

from abstra.hooks import send_response, send_json

send_response(body="plain text body")
send_json(data={'ok': True}, status_code=200, headers={"ABSTRA": "CLOUD"})

send_response

def send_response(body=None, status_code=200, headers=None, local_file=None):

Keyword Arguments	Description
body (string)	Plain text response body
status_code (number)	Http response status code
headers (dict)	Headers to be sent back
local_file (string)	Fallback file location for testing locally

send_json

def send_json(data=None, status_code=200, headers=None, local_file=None):

Keyword Arguments	Description
data (any serializable value)	Data to be serialized and sent back
status_code (number)	Http response status code
headers (dict)	Headers to be sent back, in addition to content-type: application/json
local_file (string)	Fallback file location for testing locally