REST APIs Simplified! - Build and Consume in Python

Flask.tar.gz

Get Products

Get Product

Create Product

Update Product

Delete Product

Product OPTIONS

REST is the most used mechanism to publish APIs for general consumption. Each language has its own set of libraries and methods that help a developer consume these APIs. This course will teach you how to use Python and its libraries for consuming and creating REST APIs in the easiest way possible.

In the first part of this course, you’ll learn how to work with Python in using REST APIs for various scenarios. Then, in the second part, you’ll focus on building your own REST APIs using the HTTP methods, including GET, PUT, etc.

This course is geared toward intermediate users who have a basic understanding of Python and want to improve their skills in using existing REST APIs and building their REST API implementations.

Python REST API Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Read (aka retrieve) is one of the fundamental operations while dealing with data. In the realm of the web and internet in general, the GET method is associated with the retrieval of data. Since REST uses HTTP to perform data-related operations, the GET method is used to retrieve data in any of its supported representations. There are two ways the GET method can be used in a REST API:
* Retrieve a collection of resources
* Retrieve a specific resource from a collection

In this lesson, we'll look at how to provide an API that returns a collection of products. As we've selected the Flask framework, let's see how to set up a project based on Flask and implement GET functionality.

Implement the products API using flask for listing all the products.

Introduction

Client

Server

Project: Tickets API

Conclusion

Implement GET Endpoint for Listing Products