Steps to Update the Langman API

Explore how to update the Langman API by implementing JWT-based authentication. Learn to run the Flask server, generate access tokens, and make authenticated POST, GET, PUT, and DELETE API requests. Understand securing data integrity and deploying with HTTPS for safe token transmission.

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The POST method
The GET method
The PUT method
The DELETE method
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First, we need to run it just as we did before, except that we need to specify the JWT_SECRET_KEY environment variable.

$ export FLASK_APP=server.app
$ export FLASK_ENV=dev_lite
$ export FLASK_JWT_SECRET_KEY=9876543210blastoff
$ pipenv run flask

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1.Introduction

2.Basic Client Pages with React

3.Dynamic Client-Side Pages with React

4.Server-Side API Creation with Flask

5.Database Definition and Creation with SQLAlchemy

6.Code Documentation with Sphinx

7.An Introduction to Code Testing

8.UI Testing

9.API Testing

10.Database Integrity Testing

11.Automatically Testing Every Update

12.Design a Web Application

13.Build the Data Model

14.Build the REST API

15.Build the React Client

16.Finishing Touches for the App

17.Web Authentication

18.Deploy the Application

Project

19.Conclusion

20.Appendix

Steps to Update the Langman API

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