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AGENTS.md

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+# Flask InputFilter - AI Agent Guide
+
+A Flask extension for validating and filtering input data with comprehensive type support.
+
+## Quick Overview
+
+Flask InputFilter provides a declarative way to validate and filter incoming data in Flask applications. It supports both traditional method-based and modern decorator-based field definitions with full type hints and Cython optimization.
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+pip install flask-inputfilter
+# or
+uv add flask-inputfilter
+# or
+poetry add flask-inputfilter
+```
+
+## Core Concepts
+
+### 1. InputFilter Classes
+Create validation schemas by inheriting from `InputFilter`:
+
+```python
+from flask_inputfilter import InputFilter, field
+from flask_inputfilter.filters import ToIntegerFilter, StringTrimFilter
+from flask_inputfilter.validators import IsIntegerValidator, LengthValidator
+
+class UserInputFilter(InputFilter):
+    # Modern decorator syntax (recommended)
+    name: str = field(
+        required=True,
+        filters=[StringTrimFilter()],
+        validators=[LengthValidator(min_length=2, max_length=50)]
+    )
+
+    age: int = field(
+        required=True,
+        filters=[ToIntegerFilter()],
+        validators=[IsIntegerValidator()]
+    )
+
+    # Global filters/validators apply to all fields
+    _global_filters = [StringTrimFilter()]
+    _global_validators = []
+```
+
+### 2. Usage in Flask Routes
+
+```python
+from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route('/users', methods=['POST'])
+def create_user():
+    input_filter = UserInputFilter()
+    input_filter.set_data(request.get_json())
+
+    if not input_filter.is_valid():
+        return jsonify({'errors': input_filter.get_error_messages()}), 400
+
+    validated_data = input_filter.get_values()
+    # Process validated_data...
+    return jsonify(validated_data)
+```
+
+## Available Components
+
+### Filters (Data Transformation)
+- **String**: `ToUpperFilter`, `ToLowerFilter`, `StringTrimFilter`, `ToCamelCaseFilter`
+- **Type Conversion**: `ToIntegerFilter`, `ToFloatFilter`, `ToBooleanFilter`, `ToDateFilter`
+- **Data Structures**: `ToDataclassFilter`, `ToTypedDictFilter`, `ArrayExplodeFilter`
+- **Images**: `ToBase64ImageFilter`, `ToImageFilter`, `Base64ImageResizeFilter`
+- **Cleaning**: `ToAlphaNumericFilter`, `ToDigitsFilter`, `WhitelistFilter`, `BlacklistFilter`
+
+### Validators (Data Validation)
+- **Type Checking**: `IsStringValidator`, `IsIntegerValidator`, `IsFloatValidator`, `IsBooleanValidator`
+- **Format**: `IsEmailValidator`, `IsUrlValidator`, `IsUuidValidator`, `IsJsonValidator`
+- **Ranges**: `LengthValidator`, `RangeValidator`, `ArrayLengthValidator`
+- **Dates**: `IsDateValidator`, `DateRangeValidator`, `IsFutureDateValidator`
+- **Images**: `IsImageValidator`, `IsHorizontalImageValidator`, `IsVerticalImageValidator`
+- **Logic**: `AndValidator`, `OrValidator`, `NotValidator`, `XorValidator`
+
+### Conditions (Inter-field Validation)
+- **Requirement**: `RequiredIfCondition`, `ExactlyOneOfCondition`
+- **Logic**: `OneOfCondition`, `NOfCondition`, `ExactlyNOfCondition`
+- **Comparison**: `EqualCondition`, `NotEqualCondition`
+
+## Project Structure
+
+```
+flask_inputfilter/
+├── __init__.py              # Main exports
+├── input_filter.py          # Core InputFilter class
+├── py.typed                 # PEP 561 type support
+├── conditions/              # Inter-field validation logic
+├── filters/                 # Data transformation components
+├── validators/              # Data validation components
+├── enums/                   # Predefined enums
+├── exceptions/              # Custom exceptions
+├── models/                  # Base classes and data models
+├── mixins/                  # Reusable mixins
+└── declarative/             # Decorator-based field definition
+```
+
+## Development Commands
+
+```bash
+# Install dependencies
+pip install -e ".[dev]"
+
+# Run tests
+pytest
+
+# Lint code
+ruff check
+
+# Format code
+ruff format
+
+# Type checking
+mypy flask_inputfilter
+
+# Build documentation
+cd docs && make html
+
+# Build package
+python -m build
+```
+
+## Advanced Features
+
+### Custom Components
+```python
+from flask_inputfilter.models.base_filter import BaseFilter
+from flask_inputfilter.models.base_validator import BaseValidator
+
+class CustomFilter(BaseFilter):
+    def filter(self, value, context=None):
+        # Your transformation logic
+        return transformed_value
+
+class CustomValidator(BaseValidator):
+    def is_valid(self, value, context=None):
+        # Your validation logic
+        return True  # or False
+```
+
+### External API Integration
+```python
+from flask_inputfilter.models.external_api_config import ExternalApiConfig
+
+class UserInputFilter(InputFilter):
+    user_id: int = field(
+        external_api=ExternalApiConfig(
+            url="https://api.example.com/users/{user_id}",
+            method="GET",
+            headers={"Authorization": "Bearer token"}
+        )
+    )
+```
+
+### Steps and Processing Order
+```python
+class ComplexInputFilter(InputFilter):
+    data: dict = field(
+        steps=[
+            {'filters': [ToJsonFilter()]},
+            {'validators': [IsJsonValidator()]},
+            {'filters': [ToDataclassFilter(MyDataclass)]}
+        ]
+    )
+```
+
+## Type Support
+
+- **Full PEP 561 compliance** with `py.typed` marker
+- **Comprehensive type hints** in all modules
+- **Stub files (.pyi)** for enhanced IDE support
+- **Cython extensions** with type declarations
+- **Compatible** with mypy, pyright, and other type checkers
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Cython optimization** available for performance-critical components
+- **Optional compilation** with `pip install flask-inputfilter[compile]`
+- **Fallback to Python** if compilation fails
+- **Benchmarked performance** improvements in validation-heavy scenarios
+
+## Documentation
+
+- **Full Documentation**: https://leandercs.github.io/flask-inputfilter
+- **API Reference**: Complete class and method documentation
+- **Guides**: Step-by-step tutorials and best practices
+- **Examples**: Real-world usage patterns
+
+## Common Patterns
+
+### API Endpoint Validation
+```python
+@app.route('/api/products', methods=['POST'])
+def create_product():
+    class ProductFilter(InputFilter):
+        name: str = field(required=True, validators=[LengthValidator(1, 100)])
+        price: float = field(required=True, filters=[ToFloatFilter()], validators=[RangeValidator(0.01, 10000)])
+        category: str = field(validators=[InArrayValidator(['electronics', 'clothing', 'books'])])
+
+    filter_instance = ProductFilter()
+    filter_instance.set_data(request.get_json())
+
+    if not filter_instance.is_valid():
+        return jsonify({'errors': filter_instance.get_error_messages()}), 400
+
+    return jsonify(filter_instance.get_values())
+```
+
+### Form Data Processing
+```python
+@app.route('/contact', methods=['POST'])
+def contact_form():
+    class ContactFilter(InputFilter):
+        email: str = field(required=True, validators=[IsEmailValidator()])
+        message: str = field(required=True, filters=[StringTrimFilter()], validators=[LengthValidator(10, 1000)])
+        subscribe: bool = field(filters=[ToBooleanFilter()])
+
+    # Process form data...
+```
+
+This guide provides AI agents with the essential context needed to effectively work with Flask InputFilter in any development scenario.

MANIFEST.in

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 include docs/source/index.rst
 include LICENSE
 include docs/source/changelog.rst
-recursive-include flask_inputfilter *.py *.pyi *.pyx *.pxd *.h
+recursive-include flask_inputfilter *.py *.pyi *.pyx *.pxd *.h py.typed
 
 recursive-exclude flask_inputfilter *.cpp
 

docs/source/changelog.rst

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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 
+[0.7.1] - 2025-09-27
+--------------------
+
+Added
+^^^^^
+- Added comprehensive ``py.typed`` file for PEP 561 compliance, improving type checking support for mypy and other static type checkers.
+- Added ``AGENTS.md`` to document how to use this library for various ai agents.
+
+
 [0.7.0] - 2025-09-25
 --------------------
 

pyproject.toml

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 [project]
 name = "flask_inputfilter"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 description = "A library to easily filter and validate input data in Flask applications"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = [