Python API Development Fundamentals

9: Building More Features

8: Pagination Searching and Ordering

7: Working with Images

6: Email Confirmations

5: Validating APIs Using marshmallow

4: Authenticated Services and Security with JWTs

3: Manipulating a Database with SQLAlchemy

2: Starting to Build Our Project

1: Your First Step

About

Appendix

Summary

Setting up the Front-end Interface to Work with the Smilecook API

Setting Up Variables in Postman

Setting Up Environment Variables for the Heroku App

Heroku Add-Ons

Heroku Application

Configuration Handling in Smilecook

The Heroku Platform

Comparing SaaS PaaS and IaaS

Deployment

Introduction

Learning Objectives

10. Deployment

Summary

Flask-Limiter

API Rate Limiting

Flask-Caching

Caching

Introduction

Learning Objectives

9. Building More Features

Summary

Sorting and Ordering

Recipe Searching

Paginated APIs

Pagination

Introduction

Learning Objectives

8. Pagination Searching and Ordering

Summary

Introduction to Pillow

Image Resizing and Compression

Flask-Uploads

Building the User Avatar Function

Introduction

Learning Objectives

7. Working with Images

Summary

HTML Format Email

User Account Activation Workflow

Mailgun

Introduction

Learning Objectives

6. Email Confirmation

Summary

The PATCH Method

RecipeSchema Design

UserSchema Design

A Simple Schema

marshmallow

Serialization versus Deserialization

Introduction

Learning Objectives

5. Object Serialization with marshmallow

Summary

The User Logout Mechanism

Refresh Tokens

Designing the Methods in the Recipe Model

Flask-JWT-Extended

JWT

Introduction

Learning Objectives

4. Authentication Services and Security with JWT

Summary

Password Hashing

Defining Our Models

ORM

SQL

Databases

Introduction

Learning Objectives

3. Manipulating a Database with SQLAlchemy

Summary

Making HTTP Requests to the Flask API using curl and httpie

Configuring Endpoints

Creating a Recipe Model

Virtual Environment

What is Flask-RESTful?

Introduction

Learning Objectives

2. Starting to Build Our Project

Summary

Postman

Using curl or httpie to Test All the Endpoints

Building a Simple Recipe Management Application

The Flask Web Framework

Open API

HTTP Status Codes

The JSON Format

HTTP Methods and CRUD

HTTP Protocol

RESTful API

Understanding API

Introduction

Learning Objectives

1. Your First Step

About the Book

About

Preface

版权页

封面

封面

版权页

Preface

About

About the Book

1. Your First Step

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Understanding API

RESTful API

HTTP Protocol

HTTP Methods and CRUD

The JSON Format

HTTP Status Codes

Open API

The Flask Web Framework

Building a Simple Recipe Management Application

Using curl or httpie to Test All the Endpoints

Postman

Summary

2. Starting to Build Our Project

Learning Objectives

Introduction

What is Flask-RESTful?

Virtual Environment

Creating a Recipe Model

Configuring Endpoints

Making HTTP Requests to the Flask API using curl and httpie

Summary

3. Manipulating a Database with SQLAlchemy

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Databases

SQL

ORM

Defining Our Models

Password Hashing

Summary

4. Authentication Services and Security with JWT

Learning Objectives

Introduction

JWT

Flask-JWT-Extended

Designing the Methods in the Recipe Model

Refresh Tokens

The User Logout Mechanism

Summary

5. Object Serialization with marshmallow

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Serialization versus Deserialization

marshmallow

A Simple Schema

UserSchema Design

RecipeSchema Design

The PATCH Method

Summary

6. Email Confirmation

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Mailgun

User Account Activation Workflow

HTML Format Email

Summary

7. Working with Images

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Building the User Avatar Function

Flask-Uploads

Image Resizing and Compression

Introduction to Pillow

Summary

8. Pagination Searching and Ordering

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Pagination

Paginated APIs

Recipe Searching

Sorting and Ordering

Summary

9. Building More Features

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Caching

Flask-Caching

API Rate Limiting

Flask-Limiter

Summary

10. Deployment

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Deployment

Comparing SaaS PaaS and IaaS

The Heroku Platform

Configuration Handling in Smilecook

Heroku Application

Heroku Add-Ons

Setting Up Environment Variables for the Heroku App

Setting Up Variables in Postman

Setting up the Front-end Interface to Work with the Smilecook API

Summary

Appendix

About

1: Your First Step

2: Starting to Build Our Project

3: Manipulating a Database with SQLAlchemy

4: Authenticated Services and Security with JWTs

5: Validating APIs Using marshmallow

6: Email Confirmations

7: Working with Images

8: Pagination Searching and Ordering

9: Building More Features