Series: Building a Social Network with Flask, React & Stream – Part 15

In the fourth installment of a tutorial series on building a full-stack application using Flask, React/Redux, and Stream, the article focuses on managing collections of links within a web application, incorporating CRUD operations for creating, editing, and fetching these collections. Users can group links into collections with defined names and descriptions, which can be easily integrated with RSS feeds or adapted for blog content. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of structuring API requests to manage communication between the front and back ends, utilizing constants and reducers to handle state changes within the CollectionEditor component. This involves setting up a reducer to manage collection state, actions to handle form submissions, and components to display and edit collections. Furthermore, it illustrates how to ensure proper routing and user authentication, and how to handle redirection after collection actions. The article also covers converting server-side views to return JSON responses to support a seamless integration between front-end components and the back-end, facilitating the creation, updating, and deletion of collection entries. Lastly, it discusses incorporating collection metadata and actions, ensuring authors can modify their collections while preparing for future enhancements such as integrating chat and implementing infinite scroll for content displays.