reqparse.RequestParser() parser.add_argument('rate', type=int, help='Rate to charge for this resource') args = parser.parse_args() Note Unlike the argparse module, reqparse.RequestParser.parse_args() TODOS: abort(404, message="Todo {} doesn't exist".format(todo_id)) parser = reqparse.RequestParser() parser.add_argument('task') # Todo # shows a single todo item and lets you delete a todo item Request.values dict: an integer and a string from flask_restful import reqparse parser = reqparse.RequestParser() parser.add_argument('rate', type=int, help='Rate cannot be converted') parser.add_argument('name')