by Jorge Escobar | Publisher: Stone River eLearning | Release Date: November 2017 | ISBN: 200000006A0405

This course will teach you how to build a professional API platform using pure Flask, without any supplemental libraries, so that students can learn the fundamentals of RESTful API design. In today’s world, dominated by gorgeous JavaScript user interfaces and mobile applications, the ability to build a scalable and well architected API is key to be able to supplement those applicationsand ensure that clients and servers communicate with the proper interfaces. The course covers the basic concepts of the RESTful API pattern and then goes into detail and step by step building an API platform that will cover the six constraints of the architecture. Students will learn the industry-standard and will follow best practices for API architectures.

1. Introduction
   • Introduction 00:01:10
   • API definitions 00:10:40
   • Uniform Interface in Detail 00:13:21
2. A Simple API - Pet Store
   • Set up Core Environment 00:02:25
   • Basic Container Structure 00:07:30
   • Running the Containers 00:04:51
   • Flask Pluggable Views and Our First GET Method 00:12:22
   • Installing and Using Postman 00:07:04
   • Our First POST 00:09:10
   • HTTP Status Codes 00:08:53
   • A Real CRUD 00:09:21
   • PUT and DELETE 00:12:03
   • Simple Authentications 00:06:56
   • Testing our Simple Authentication 00:07:16
   • Token API Model and API Endpoints 00:14:22
   • Token API views and decorator 00:06:08
   • Install bcrypt and test tokens 00:14:00
   • Building the Apps Tests 00:07:43
   • Token Tests 00:04:49
   • Starting the Store End Point 00:03:25
   • The JSON Schema Library 00:08:43
   • The Store API File 00:06:34
   • Trying out the Stores End Point 00:08:18
   • Implementing PUT and DELETE 00:10:38
   • Implementing pagination on GET all stores 00:07:53
   • Store Tests 00:11:42
   • Pet Endpoint Initial CRUD 00:09:35
   • Finishing Pet GET, POST and Postman Tests 00:10:15
   • Pets PUT and DELETE 00:10:38
   • Pets Tests 00:07:45
   • Pets Pagination Tests 00:03:13
   • Get all pets in a store endpoint 00:08:52
   • Test the get all pets in a store endpoint 00:05:27
   • Search pets with filters 00:07:23
3. Conclusion
   • Conclusion 00:01:19