bhrott / python-flask-api-poc

Python Flask Api Poc

Setup

After clone this project, follow these steps:

Adding .env file

Create a file named .env in the root of the project with this content:

DB_CONNECTION=mongodb://localhost:27017/
JWT_SECRET=your-secret-hash-here
ENV_NAME=local

Installing the dependencies

In the terminal, run:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Running the database

This project uses mongodb as database. If you don't have mongodb installed in your machine, you can install or use with the docker compose.

• Instaling local:
  • Follow this tutorial: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/administration/install-community/
• Running from docker
  • Install docker using this tutorial: https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop
  • After install, run the docker and wait until is running.
  • Run the command make run-db in the root folder.

Tech

• Flask for http api handling.
• Cerberus for schema validation.