Flask RESTful API

This repo shows how to create a simple RESTful API using the Flask web framework. Among the included features, you'll see how to:

• Return custom status codes and headers ⚡️
• Create resources using POST requests 📬
• Deleting resources using DELETE requests 📭
• Test the application using Flask's test client 🔮

Install guide

Clone the repo

$ git clone https://github.com/mikeiya/flask-api-example.git
$ cd flask-api-example

Create the virtualenv

$ mkvirtualenv flask-api-example

Install dependencies

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the app

$ python run_app.py

Running the app

# Step 3 requires a DB created
$ sqlite3 library.db < library-schema.sql
$ python run_app.py

Test

$ make test