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# Example of a scalable Flask API
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A sample project showing how to build a scalable, maintainable, modular Flask API with a heavy emphasis on testing.
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_This is an example project using the structure propsed in [this blog post](http://alanpryorjr.com/2019-05-20-flask-api-example/)._
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## Running the app
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Preferably, first create a virtualenv and activate it, perhaps with the following command:
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```
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virtualenv -p python3 venv
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source venv/bin/activate
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```
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Next, run
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```
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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```
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to get the dependencies.
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Next, initialize the database
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```
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python manage.py seed_db
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```
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Type "Y" to accept the message (which is just there to prevent you accidentally deleting things -- it's just a local SQLite database)
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Finally run the app with
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```
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python wsgi.py
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```
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Navigate to the posted URL in your terminal to be greeted with Swagger, where you can test out the API.
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## Running tests
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To run the test suite, simply pip install it and run from the root directory like so
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```
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pip install pytest
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pytest
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``` |