def get_post(id, check_author=True):
    """Get a post and its author by id.

    Checks that the id exists and optionally that the current user is
    the author.

    :param id: id of post to get
    :param check_author: require the current user to be the author
    :return: the post with author information
    :raise 404: if a post with the given id doesn't exist
    :raise 403: if the current user isn't the author
    """
    post = (
        get_db()
        .execute(
            "SELECT p.id, title, body, created, author_id, username"
            " FROM post p JOIN user u ON p.author_id = u.id"
            " WHERE p.id = ?",
            (id,),
        )
        .fetchone()
    )

    if post is None:
        abort(404, f"Post id {id} doesn't exist.")

    if check_author and post["author_id"] != g.user["id"]:
        abort(403)

    return post
Get a post and its author by id.

    Checks that the id exists and optionally that the current user is
    the author.

    :param id: id of post to get
    :param check_author: require the current user to be the author
    :return: the post with author information
    :raise 404: if a post with the given id doesn't exist
    :raise 403: if the current user isn't the author
    
examples/tutorial/flaskr/blog.py