Crafting Python REST APIs with Flask

Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples and self-assessment questions, you will begin learning about how to handle authentication, forms validations and data handling, templates, and even more.

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Learn how to build a scalable web application with the RESTful API architecture and Flask framework

Key Features

Build a RESTful API using Flask and the Flask-Restful extension
Understand advanced topics such as API gateways, API securities, and cloud
Expose RESTful protocol-based APIs for cloud computing

Book DescriptionFlask enables you to build lightweight web apps and APIs. It is a microframework and is completely customizable. It's a simple framework to get started with for novices. Flask is the second most popular web framework for Python. You don't have to rely on Django for all of your simple work. Simple work needs a simple solution and a flask provides it.

This book provides a step-by-step guide to developing a complete web application right from the scratch. This book also explains good standards and methodology that can be used in the Flask framework. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, you will begin learning about how to handle authentication, forms validations and data handling, templates, and even more. Developers will be able to learn to handle forms, forms validation, model creation, connection to DB. Along with this users are able to learn the SQLAlchemy package which we will use to connect to the database.

At the end of this book, you have enough knowledge of the flask web framework which lets you develop full-fledged working web applications.

What you will learn

SQL database design and table creations
Flask API development
Implementing Authentication
Starting with view designs
Implementing required forms and its validation

Who This Book Is ForThis book is ideal for Python developers who want to make interactive web pages using Flask Web Framework. Must have Python and Rest API knowledge.