Reaching Out to the Routes and Database
Explore how to establish connectivity between API routes and databases using Flask. Understand session management with before_request decorators and global variables to handle HTTP requests safely. Learn to implement placeholder methods to prevent server errors and retrieve database information, preparing you to build functional REST API endpoints.
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Placeholders
While the databases include games, users, and usages tables, the routes only include games. This is because the client only interacts with the games, and the other tables play a supporting role. Here’s one way to create simple placeholders. Each method ignores its arguments and payloads and simply returns an “under construction” message. ...