trailing slash at the end of the uri

app/app.py

@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ app = Flask(
     static_url_path=''
 )
 
+"in case we put a trailing slash at the end of the route's uri"
+app.url_map.strict_slashes = False
+
+@app.before_request
+def clear_trailing():
+    from flask import redirect, request
+
+    rp = request.path 
+    if rp != '/' and rp.endswith('/'):
+        return redirect(rp[:-1])
+
 
 @app.errorhandler(404)
 def page_not_found(e):

app/routes.py

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ There are two types of routes, first the 'static' routes :
 Then the 'dynamic' (calculated) routes :
 
 - /actes
-- /actes/<house>
-- /actes/<house>/<prince>
-- /acte/<house>/<prince>/<dateitem>
+- /actes/<house>, sample: /actes/Anjou
+- /actes/<house>/<prince>,  sample: /actes/Anjou/isa_i
+- /acte/<house>/<prince>/<dateitem>, sample: /acte/Anjou/Isabelle_i/1441_08_05a
 - /geoloc
 
 """
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def corpora_all():
     return render_template("corpora_all.html", houses=houses)
 
 
-@main.route("/actes/<house>")  # dont put a slash at the end
+@main.route("/actes/<house>")
 def actes(house):
     """*actes* route, sample route: '/actes/Bourbon' or '/actes/Berry'
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def actes(house):
     return render_template("corpus.html", house=house.capitalize(), princes=princes)
 
 
-@main.route("/actes/<house>/<prince>")  # don't put a slash at the end
+@main.route("/actes/<house>/<prince>")
 def prince_corpus(house=None, prince=None):
     """copora prince, *timeline* view
     
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def prince_corpus(house=None, prince=None):
     return render_template("prince_corpus.html", house=house, duke_name=prince_long_name,
                            prince_code=prince_code.capitalize(), actes=transformed_query)
 
-@main.route("/acte/<house>/<prince>/<dateitem>")  # don't put a slash at the end
+@main.route("/acte/<house>/<prince>/<dateitem>")
 def acte(house=None, prince=None, dateitem=None):
     """specific prince's acte view