flask-rest-api | A flask-driven RESTful API for Bucketlist interactions | REST library

If you wish to run your own build, first ensure you have python3 globally installed in your computer. If not, you can get python3 here.
If you wish to run your own build, first ensure you have python3 globally installed in your computer. If not, you can get python3 here.
After this, ensure you have installed virtualenv globally as well. If not, run this: $ pip install virtualenv
Git clone this repo to your PC $ git clone git@github.com:gitgik/flask-rest-api.git
Dependencies Cd into your the cloned repo as such: $ cd flask-rest-api Create and fire up your virtual environment in python3: $ virtualenv -p python3 venv $ pip install autoenv
Environment Variables Create a .env file and add the following: source venv/bin/activate export SECRET="some-very-long-string-of-random-characters-CHANGE-TO-YOUR-LIKING" export APP_SETTINGS="development" export DATABASE_URL="postgresql://localhost/flask_api" Save the file. CD out of the directory and back in. Autoenv will automagically set the variables. We've now kept sensitive info from the outside world! 😄
Install your requirements (venv)$ pip install -r requirements.txt
Migrations On your psql console, create your database: > CREATE DATABASE flask_api; Then, make and apply your Migrations (venv)$ python manage.py db init (venv)$ python manage.py db migrate And finally, migrate your migrations to persist on the DB (venv)$ python manage.py db upgrade
Running It On your terminal, run the server using this one simple command: (venv)$ flask run You can now access the app on your local browser by using http://localhost:5000/bucketlists/ Or test creating bucketlists using Postman