Building RESTful APIs with Flask

2h 33mIntermediate2019-08-01

Authors

Bruce Van Horn

Lead Software Developer at Visual Storage Intelligence

Course details

Regardless of platform, you will need to build APIs to serve data between different client applications and endpoints. Good APIs are a necessity for web and mobile projects, especially with the modern, mobile-first approach to development. This course delivers the fundamental knowledge required to enable highly connected interactions between applications via RESTful APIs. Follow along with Bruce Van Horn and learn how to quickly build, secure, and test an effective RESTful API using Python and Flask, the Python microframework. Find out how to use Flask with Python to approach database access, authentication, and other common tasks. Plus, learn about a few key plugins that make using Flask even easier.

Learning objectives
Creating a new Flask project
Testing with Postman
Returning JSON instead of text
Working with databases
Authenticating users
Securing APIs

Skills covered

FlaskAPIsBack-End Web DevelopmentFull-Stack Web DevelopmentPythonProjectWeb DevelopmentOpen SourceSoftware Development

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - RESTful APIs with Python 3 and Flask
02 - What you should know
03 - Using the exercise files
04 - Demo project overview

1. Getting Started

05 - Creating a new Flask project in PyCharm
06 - Making a super-simple API example
07 - Setting up a run configuration
08 - Testing with Postman
09 - Restarting your server

2. Perfecting the Returned Data

10 - Returning JSON instead of text
11 - HTTP status codes
12 - URL parameters
13 - URL variables and conversion filters

3. Working With Databases

14 - Adding an ORM (SQLAlchemy)
15 - Setting up SQLAlchemy
16 - Creating the ORM model classes
17 - Seeding the database with the Flask CLI
18 - Viewing the database in DB Browser for SQLite
19 - Retrieving a list of planets from the database
20 - Serializing SQLAlchemy results with Marshmallow

4. API Security

21 - JSON Web Tokens
22 - Registering new users
23 - Authenticating users and passing the token
24 - Setting up email
25 - Emailing a lost password

5. Create, Read, Update, and Delete

26 - Retrieving a single planet's details
27 - Adding planets with a POST method
28 - Securing the add planet endpoint
29 - Updating a planet using a PUT method
30 - Deleting a planet with DEL

Finishing Touches

31 - Exporting your project s requirements file
32 - Conclusion