How to send a status 200 answering to a HTTPS POST in python

Question

I am using Flask to create an application that receives some data from a server with an HTTPS POST and process its data. Once i receive the message from the server I need to send a "status = 200" so the server will know that i got the info, and stop re-sending me the information.

Do i have to send a HTTPS GET? It is not really a get as the only thing i need is to notify the server i got the message...

How can i do it in python? I need to do it after processing the data i receive but without return.

app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/webhook', methods=['POST','GET'])``
def webhook():


req = request.form
xml = req['data']
#HOW DO I SEND A CODE 200 NOW???
info = ET.fromstring(xml)
print info[0].text
print info[1].text
print info[2].text
print info[3].text

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you want to be sure about the response code, you can send an empty response and only specify the response code like so

return '', 200

The complete answer can be found at Return HTTP status code 201 in flask

UPDATE FOR UPDATED QUESTION:

You could use a Thread for that.

import threading

app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/webhook', methods=['POST','GET'])``

def worker(xml):
  info = ET.fromstring(xml)

  print info[0].text
  print info[1].text
  print info[2].text
  print info[3].text

  return

def webhook():
  req = request.form
  xml = req['data']

  # This executes in background
  t = threading.Thread(target=worker, args=(xml,))
  t.start()

  # So that you can return before worker is done
  return '', 200