This is an educational public repository to illustrate the power of automated testing through Github Actions.
- Set up Python virtual environment.
python -m venv venv
- Install required dependencies.
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Run unit tests.
python -m pytest
- Run the app.
python app.py
- app.py: A flask application that exposes the following API endpoints:
- index at / : Retun a JSON data structure indicating the current balance.
- deposit at /deposit : Take the deposit amount as a URL parameter and return the new balance after adding the amount.
- withdraw at /withdraw : Take the withdrawal amount as a URL parameter and return the new balance after subtracting the amount.
App relies on a global in-memory variable (
balance) to store the balance of the account.
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requirements.txt: A text file including all the Python libraries and packages needed to run the app.
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.gitignore: Refer to the gitignore article for more details. In short, this file makes it possible that local configuration or binary files are not pushed to the repository.
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tests: It's a directory that includes several unit tests for the APIs. The tests utilize the PyTest library.