REST APIs with Flask and Python in 2023

Table of contents

1. Chapter 1 : Welcome!
   1. Promotion
2. Chapter 2 : A Full Python Refresher
   1. Introduction to This Section
   2. Variables in Python
   3. Solution to Coding Exercise: Variables
   4. String Formatting in Python
   5. Getting User Input
   6. Writing Your First Python App
   7. Lists, Tuples, and Sets
   8. Advanced Set Operations
   9. Solution to Coding Exercise: Lists, Tuples, and Sets
   10. Booleans in Python
   11. If Statements
   12. The "in" Keyword in Python
   13. If Statements with the "in" Keyword
   14. Loops in Python
   15. Solution to Coding Exercise: Flow Control
   16. List Comprehensions in Python
   17. Dictionaries
   18. Destructuring Variables
   19. Functions in Python
   20. Function Arguments and Parameters
   21. Default Parameter Values
   22. Functions Returning Values
   23. Solution to Coding Exercise: Functions
   24. Lambda Functions in Python
   25. Dictionary Comprehensions
   26. Solution to Coding Exercise: Dictionaries and Students
   27. Unpacking Arguments
   28. Unpacking Keyword Arguments
   29. Object-Oriented Programming in Python
   30. Magic Methods: ..str.. and ..repr..
   31. Solution to Coding Exercise: Classes and Objects
   32. @classmethod and @staticmethod
   33. Solution to Coding Exercise: @classmethod and @staticmethod
   34. Class Inheritance
   35. Class Composition
   36. Type Hinting in Python 3.5+
   37. Imports in Python
   38. Relative Imports in Python
   39. Errors in Python
   40. Custom Error Classes
   41. First-Class Functions
   42. Simple Decorators in Python
   43. The "at" Syntax for Decorators
   44. Decorating Functions with Parameters
   45. Decorators with Parameters
   46. Mutability in Python
   47. Mutable Default Parameters (and Why They Are a Bad Idea)
3. Chapter 3 : Your First REST API
   1. Overview of the Project We Will Build
   2. Initial Setup for a Flask App
   3. Your First REST API Endpoint
   4. What Is JSON?
   5. How to Interact with and Test Your REST API
   6. How to Create Stores in Our REST API
   7. How to Create Items in Each Store
   8. How to Get a Specific Store and Its Items
4. Chapter 4 : Introduction to Docker
   1. What Are Docker Containers and Images?
   2. How to Run a Flask App in a Docker Container
5. Chapter 5 : Flask-Smorest for More Efficient Development
   1. Data Model Improvements for Our API
   2. General Improvements to Our First REST API
   3. New Endpoints for Our First REST API
   4. How to Run the API in Docker with Automatic Reloading and Debug Mode
   5. How to Use Blueprints and MethodViews in Flask
   6. How to Write Marshmallow Schemas for Our API
   7. How to Perform Data Validation with Marshmallow
   8. Decorating Responses with Flask-Smorest
6. Chapter 6 : Store Data in DQL Database with SQLAlchemy
   1. Overview and Why Use SQLAlchemy
   2. How to Code a Simple SQLAlchemy Model
   3. How to Write One-to-Many Relationships Using SQLAlchemy
   4. How to Configure Flask-SQLAlchemy with Your Flask App
   5. How to Insert Data into a Table Using SQLAlchemy
   6. How to Find Models in the Database by ID or Return a 404
   7. How to Update Models with SQLAlchemy
   8. How to Retrieve List of All Models
   9. How to Delete Models with SQLAlchemy
   10. Conclusion of This Section
7. Chapter 7 : Many-to-Many Relationships with SQLAlchemy
   1. Changes in This Section
   2. One-to-Many Relationship Between Stores and Tags
   3. Many-to-Many Relationship Between Items and Tags
8. Chapter 8 : User Authentication with Flask-JWT-Extended
   1. Who Uses the JWT?
   2. How to Set Up Flask-JWT-Extended with Our App
   3. Coding the User Model and Schema
   4. How to Add a Register Endpoint to the REST API
   5. How to Add a Login Endpoint to the REST API
   6. Protect Endpoints by Requiring a JWT
   7. JWT Claims and Authorization
   8. How to Add Logout to the REST API
   9. Request Chaining with Insomnia
   10. Token Refreshing with Flask-JWT-Extended
9. Chapter 9 : Database Migrations with Alembic and Flask-Migrate
   1. How to Add Flask-Migrate to Our Flask App
   2. Initialize Your Database with Flask-Migrate
   3. Change SQLAlchemy Models and Generate a Migration
   4. Manually Review and Modify Database Migrations
10. Chapter 10 : Git Crash Course
    1. What Are Git Repositories and Commits?
    2. Initialize a Git Repository for Our Project
    3. Writing Markdown for Documents and Commits
    4. Remote Repositories and How to Use Them
    5. Git Branches and Merging
    6. Merge Conflicts and How to Resolve Them
    7. Overview of the Final E-Book Chapters
11. Chapter 11 : Deployments with Render.com
    1. Creating a Render.com Web Service
    2. How to Run Flask with gunicorn in Docker
    3. Get a Deployed PostgreSQL Database
    4. Use PostgreSQL Locally and in Production
    5. Test the Finished Production App
12. Chapter 12 : Task Queues with rq and Sending Emails
    1. How to Send Emails with Python and Mailgun
    2. How to Send Emails When Users Register
    3. What Is a Task Queue and Setting Up a Redis Database
    4. How to Populate and Consume the Task Queue with rq
    5. How to Process Background Tasks with the rq Worker
    6. How to Send HTML Emails Using Mailgun and Python
    7. How to Deploy a Background Worker to render.com