Hands-On RESTful Python Web Services - Second Edition

Developing RESTful APIs with Tornado 5.1.1

In this chapter, we will work with Tornado 5.1.1 to create a RESTful Web API. We will start working with this lightweight web framework. We will look at the following:

• Design a RESTful API to interact with slow sensors and actuators
• Understand the tasks performed by each HTTP method
• Set up a virtual environment with Tornado 5.1.1
• Create classes that represent a drone
• Write request handlers
• Map URL patterns to request handlers
• Make HTTP requests to the Tornado API
• Work with command-line tools—curl and httpie
• Work with GUI tools—Postman and others