A tic tac toe API written on Python + Flask that plays against you. For the win.
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Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv/ -
Activate it
source venv/bin/activate -
Install flask and gunicorn
pip3 install flask gunicorn -
Run the script
python3 tictactoe.py
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oynv2mqS74Skvp-UPFOtV7JZH-kcVxMQ4w8ng0DqcgE/edit?usp=sharing
You can send a curl request to get with your current board and the script will return a new board to you.
The bot always plays o and the human always plays x.
So, for instance, if you send the board curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/?board=oo+xx++++, that means it's the bot's turn and it will play for the win, returning you the value oooxx++++ as a result, and therefore winning.
To see the console logs with the visual 3x3 board and detailed messages, please check the terminal on your virtual environment.
You can either send a curl request from the terminal, directly type the board on your browser to access the running script on the localhost, such as http://127.0.0.1:5000/?board=oo+xx++++, or play using the deployed version on https://purple-cloud.herokuapp.com/?board=+++++++++.
The bot is not invincible, since I wrote the script using traditional strategies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic-tac-toe#Strategy) and not minimax.
So feel free to contribute and improve the algorithm so we can a nearly-invincible bot!