RequestCatcher

Example Flask REST API code/tutorial. Flask REST API made with SQLAlchemy and Marshmallow.
Supports CRUD operations via API calls.
Made to catch requests and store the IP Address and Request Content to a sqlite database.

Install Instructions

Clone the repository - git clone https://github.com/WanderingCoder-Omen/RequestCatcher 
Create a virtual environment - python -m venv env
Activate virtualenv
	Windows : env\Scripts\activate
	Mac and Ubuntu : . env/bin/activate
Install dependencies : pip install -r requirements.txt
Initialise the database
	At the terminal- (env)ubuntu@ubuntu:~/RequestCatcher$ python
	At the python prompt - >>> from main import db
			       >>> db.create_all()
			       >>> exit()

Execution

(env)ubuntu@ubuntu:~/RequestCatcher$ python main.py

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Usage

POST Request -

$ curl http://localhost:5000/posts \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"ip":"127.0.0.1", "content":"Localhost"}'

GET Request -

$ curl http://localhost:5000/posts/1

PATCH Request -

$ curl http://localhost:5000/posts/1 \
    -X PATCH \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"ip":"0.0.0.0", "content":"Updated content"}'

DELETE Request -

$ curl http://localhost:5000/posts/1 -X DELETE -I

To Do

Add security