Flask REST API
Treehouse
Course Summary
Building an API with Flask can be pretty simple but you'll often end up with a large amount of code in just one or two files. In other words, it can be messy! But with a few simple tools like Flask-RESTFul, Flask-Limiter, and Flask-HTTPAuth, you can build a clean, well-organized, and strong API with this great, lightweight Python framework.
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Course Description
About this Course Building an API with Flask can be pretty simple but you'll often end up with a large amount of code in just one or two files. In other words, it can be messy! But with a few simple tools like Flask-RESTFul, Flask-Limiter, and Flask-HTTPAuth, you can build a clean, well-organized, and strong API with this great, lightweight Python framework. What you'll learn
- Flask-RESTful
- Token authentication
- Rate limiting
About the Teacher
Besides teaching Python at Treehouse, Kenneth Love is a husband & father. He created a few popular Python libraries, worked at most levels of the web stack, & was the Creative Director of a newspaper. He likes board games, whiskey, activism, & dry humor.
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Course Syllabus
Resourceful Blueprints
The backbone of your Flask API is the Resource class from Flask-RESTful. You'll build strong, intelligent resources and then link them and your Flask app together using the Blueprint feature from Flask itself. 12 steps- What We're Going to Build 2:17
- Models 6:41
- Resources 5:11
- Ingredient Resource 2 objectives
- Blueprints 7:25
- Register API 4 objectives
- Reqparse 9:15
- Parse the Request 1 objective
- Marshalling 12:18
- Ingredient Fields 2 objectives
- Beyond GET and POST 10:05
- Status Codes 1 objective
API Protection
You have a great API but it's wide open to the world. Time to put some locks on the doors with authentication and prevent a stampede with rate limiting. A couple of great Python and Flask packages will handle all of this. 8 steps
