Building RESTful Python Web Services

Creating and retrieving related resources

Now, we can run the api/run.py script that launches Flask's development. Execute the following command in the api folder.

python run.py

The following lines show the output after we execute the preceding command. The development server is listening at port 5000.

 * Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
 * Restarting with stat
 * Debugger is active!
 * Debugger pin code: 198-040-402

Now, we will use the HTTPie command or its curl equivalents to compose and send HTTP requests to the API. We will use JSON for the requests that require additional data. Remember that you can perform the same tasks with your favorite GUI-based tool.

First, we will compose and send HTTP requests to create two ...