Hands-On Guide to Restful API using Flask Python.

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This article aims to elevate one’s understanding of Flask Restful Framework from the initial concepts to advanced use-cases.

Flask

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Flask
• Rest API
• Flask rest API
• Requirements
• A sample API for hello-world
• How blueprint works in the flask
• CRUD operation API with Sqlalchemy
• One-to-Many relationships (foreign key)
• One-to-One relation
• Token-based User Authentication API
• Reference

Introduction

We are going to focus more on practicals rather than on theoretical concepts. We will try to implement each topic in the code.

Requirements

python
flask
flask-restful

What is Flask?

• Flask is a microframework for web development in Python.
• This means flask provides you only with the absolutely necessary tools…