Initial setup, just adds status endpoint that dumps request

app.py

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+from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta
+import json
+from urllib import response
+from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
+import os
+from flask import Flask, render_template, redirect, request, url_for, jsonify, Response
+import jinja_partials
+from flask_htmx import HTMX
+import minify_html
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+jinja_partials.register_extensions(app)
+htmx = HTMX(app)
+
+
+@app.after_request
+def response_minify(response):
+    """
+    minify html response to decrease site traffic
+    """
+    if response.content_type == u'text/html; charset=utf-8':
+        response.set_data(
+            minify_html.minify(response.get_data(
+                as_text=True), minify_js=True, remove_processing_instructions=True)
+        )
+
+        return response
+    return response
+
+
+@app.route("/api/status")
+def status():
+    req_data = save_request(request)
+    resp = Response(json.dumps(req_data, indent=4, default=str),
+                    mimetype='application/json')
+    return resp
+
+
+def save_request(request):
+    req_data = {}
+    req_data['endpoint'] = request.endpoint
+    req_data['method'] = request.method
+    req_data['url'] = request.url
+    req_data['cookies'] = request.cookies
+    req_data['data'] = request.data
+    req_data['headers'] = dict(request.headers)
+    req_data['headers'].pop('Cookie', None)
+    req_data['args'] = request.args
+    req_data['form'] = request.form
+
+    return req_data
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Bind to PORT if defined, otherwise default to 5000.
+    port = int(os.environ.get('PORT', 5000))
+    app.run(host='127.0.0.1', port=port)