🔒 In flask a redirect in a seperate function won't work what should I return?

[gusty scarab]

def redirect_function()
     # code 
     # redirects to a route


@app.something(/'something')
def something():
    # code
    redirect_function
    # code             

Now obviously this won't work because of the return redirect... in the redirect_function() .
Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should return instead of return redirect... in the def redirect_function() ?

[mint ember]

@gusty scarab

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[torpid beacon]

  @app.something(/'something')
  def something():
      # code
-     redirect_function
+     return redirect_function()
      # code 

[gusty scarab]

but then I can't write any code after return redirect_function()

or am I mistaken

would yield work instead of return

?

[errant solar]

Why do you need to run code after a redirect? Can you return the redirect after running all the code you want?

[gusty scarab]

I wanted to divide my code into smaller chunks

so it is more if something happens then redirect

[torpid beacon]

if need_to_redirect:
  return redirect_function()

For example,

@app.something(/'orders/{order_number}')
def get_order(order_number)
  order = get_order_from_database(order_number)
  if not order:
    abort(404)
  return order

[gusty scarab]

Thanks for the help okay I get it now

[mint ember]

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