(initial ssh setup)
...
data_buffer = ""
stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command('tail -n 1 -f server.log')
while stdout.channel.recv_ready():
    solo_line = ""
    solo_line = stdout.channel.recv(1024)
    data_buffer += solo_line.decode('utf-8')
    print("This is the solo_line: " + solo_line.decode('utf-8'))

client.close()

return data_buffer

@bp.route('/exeAPI', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def exeAPI():
    if request.method == "POST":

        # ssh set up
        client = paramiko.SSHClient()
        client.load_system_host_keys()
        client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())

        # Get host name from POST
        hostname = request.form['json_str'].replace('"', '')
        session['hostname'] = hostname

        # Connect to hostname and execute create reports
        client.connect(hostname, username=USERNAME, password=PASSWORD)

        print('started...')

        #tail -f
        stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command('tail -n 1 -f server.log')
        #execute remote API
        stdin_exe, stdout_exe, stderr_exe = client.exec_command('echo source "/home/user/exeAPI" | nc 127.0.0.1 40000')

        data_buffer = ""

        for line in iter(stdout.readline(), ""):
            data_buffer += line
            print(line, end="")

        print('finished.')

        client.close()

        return data_buffer