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Flask Framework Cookbook

You're reading from   Flask Framework Cookbook Enhance your Flask skills with advanced techniques and build dynamic, responsive web applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804611104
Length 318 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Shalabh Aggarwal Shalabh Aggarwal
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Preface 1. Part 1: Flask Fundamentals
2. Chapter 1: Flask Configurations FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Templating with Jinja 4. Chapter 3: Data Modeling in Flask 5. Chapter 4: Working with Views 6. Part 2: Flask Deep Dive
7. Chapter 5: Web Forms with WTForms 8. Chapter 6: Authenticating in Flask 9. Chapter 7: RESTful API Building 10. Chapter 8: Admin Interface for Flask Apps 11. Chapter 9: Internationalization and Localization 12. Part 3: Advanced Flask
13. Chapter 10: Debugging, Error Handling, and Testing 14. Chapter 11: Deployment and Post-Deployment 15. Chapter 12: Microservices and Containers 16. Chapter 13: GPT with Flask 17. Chapter 14: Additional Tips and Tricks 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

RESTful API Building

An Application Programming Interface (API) can be summarized as a developer’s interface with an application. Just as end users have a visible frontend user interface with which they can work on and talk to the application, developers also need an interface to it. Representational State Transfer (REST) is not a protocol or a standard. It is just a software architectural style or a set of suggestions defined for writing applications, the aim of which is to simplify the interfaces within and without the application. When web service APIs are written in a way that adheres to the REST definitions, then they are known as RESTful APIs. Being RESTful keeps the API decoupled from the internal application details. This results in ease of scalability and keeps things simple. The uniform interface ensures that each and every request is documented.

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It is a topic of debate as to whether REST or simple object access protocol (SOAP) is better. This is...

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