kiminzajnr/rest-api

A complete REST API built with Flask and Python

Know-US States REST API

A complete REST API built with Flask and Python

API Endpoints

Users

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/register	Create user accounts given an email and password.
POST	/login	Get a JWT given an email and password.
🔒 POST	/logout	Revoke a JWT.
🔒 POST	/refresh	Get a fresh JWT given a refresh JWT.
GET	/user/{user_id}	(dev-only) Get info about a user given their ID.
DELETE	/user/{user_id}	(dev-only) Delete a user given their ID.

States

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/state	Create a state given a its name.
GET	/state	Get a list of states.
GET	/state/{state_id}	Delete a state given its ID.
DELETE	/state/{state_id}	Get a state given its ID.

Cities

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/city	Create a city given its name and state ID.
GET	/city	Get a list of cities.
GET	/city/{city_id}	Get a city given its ID.
PUT	/city/{city_id}	Update a city given its ID.
DELETE	/city/{user_id}	Delete a city given its ID.

Setup

Using virtual env

git clone https://github.com/kiminzajnr/RESTful-Flask-API.git
cd RESTful-Flask-API
python3 -m venv venv
. venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the app

flask run

Using docker

git clone https://github.com/kiminzajnr/RESTful-Flask-API.git
cd RESTful-Flask-API
docker build -t flask-api .
docker run -dp 5000:5000 -w /app -v "$(pwd):/app" flask-api

Common errors when using docker

Error response from daemon: Ports are not available: exposing port TCP 0.0.0.0:5000 -> 0.0.0.0:0: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:5000: bind: address already in use.

• Use another port:
  • docker run -dp 5005:5000 -w /app -v "$(pwd):/app" flask-api
• Or, kill process running on the port if not needed:
  • Run lsof -i :5000 and note the PID
  • Run kill -9 PID - PID obtained from above

docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at ... docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?.

• If on macOS/Windows run docker desktop.
• On Linux start docker service.

Usage

License

MIT license