Let's begin by getting the imports out of the way:
import loggingimport flaskimport osimport numpy as npfrom flask import Flask, jsonify, render_template, requestfrom sklearn.externals import joblib
I am assuming that as a programmer, you can pick up Flask basics outside this book. Even then, for the sake of completeness, I am adding the main ideas that are relevant to us:
- The main web app is defined in the Flask module, which is imported from Flask
- jsonify converts any JSON-friendly dictionary into a JSON that can then be returned to the user
- render_template is how we expose HTML pages and web interfaces to our users
Let's begin by declaring our app first:
app = Flask(__name__)
Next, we will use the route ...
