survival8: Hello World Example Demonstrating Python, Flask and REST API

Installation:

Use the following pip command to do setup in terminal / Windows command prompt:

pip install flask, flask-restful

Python Script “MyRESTAPIUsingPythonScript”:

from flask import Flask, request

from flask_restful import Resource, Api

app = Flask(__name__)

api = Api(app)

class Tracks(Resource):

def get(self):

result = "Hello World"

return result

api.add_resource(Tracks, '/tracks') # URL Route

if __name__ == '__main__':

app.run(port='5002')

Way to execute Python Script:

(base) C:\Users\ashish.jain\Desktop>python MyRESTAPIUsingPythonScript.py

* Serving Flask app "MyRESTAPIUsingPythonScript" (lazy loading)

* Environment: production

WARNING: Do not use the development server in a production environment.

Use a production WSGI server instead.

* Debug mode: off

* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5002/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

URL to hit:

Output:

survival8