Building REST APIs with Flask

Kunal Relan

ISBN 10: 1484250214 / ISBN 13: 9781484250211

Published by Apress Sep 2019, 2019

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Develop RESTful web services using the Flask micro-framework and integrate them using MySQL. Use Flask to develop, deploy, and manage REST APIs with easy-to-read and understand Python code. Solve your problem from a choice of libraries. Learn to use MySQL as the web services database for your Flask API using SQLAlchemy ORM.Building REST APIs with Flaskprovides a primer on Flask, RESTful services, and working with pip to set up your virtual environment. The key differences between NoSQL and SQL are covered, and you are taught how to connect MySQL and Flask using SQLAlchemy. Author Kunal Relan presents best practices for creating REST APIs and guides you in structuring your app and testing REST endpoints. He teaches you how to set up authentication and render HTML using views. You learn how to write unit tests for your REST APIs, and understand mocks, assertions, and integration testing. You will know how to document your REST APIs, deploy your Flask application on all of the major cloud platforms, and debug and monitor your Flask application.What You'll LearnUse MySQL to create Flask REST APIsTest REST endpointsCreate CRUD endpoints with Flask and MySQLDeploy Flask on all of the major cloud platformsMonitor your Flask applicationWho This Book Is ForPython developers interested in REST API development using Flask and web developers with basic programming knowledge who want to learn how Python and REST APIs work together. Readers should be familiar with Python (command line, or at least pip) and MySQL. 216 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building REST APIs with Flask
• Publisher: Apress Sep 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484250214
• ISBN 13: 9781484250211
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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About the Author

Kunal Relan is an iOS security researcher and a full-stack developer with more than four years of experience in various fields of technology including network security, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and application development working as a consultant with startups around the globe. He is an Alibaba Cloud MVP, and author of iOS Penetration Testing (Apress) and a variety of white papers. Kunal is a technology enthusiast and an active speaker. He regularly contributes to open source communities and writes articles for Digital Ocean and Alibaba Techshare.