Superhero API

By Jarret Jeter

An API project using both GET and POST methods for a database with superheroes

Technologies Used

Python
Pandas
Flask
Postman

Description

I created a small database on a local server with a few superheroes that I like which my API can connect to. Using the correct queries for the "/see_stats" endpoint, my API can read the entire superhero dataframe or just a select few superheroes via a GET method and return it as a json object. With "/add_stats" my API creates a json object to add to the database using a POST method if all required information is input

Setup/Installation Requirements

_Make sure you have a text editor such as Visual Studio Code installed.
Clone this repository (https://github.com/jarretjeter/Superhero-API.git) onto your local computer from github
Open your terminal, go to the directory where you cloned the repository and create a virtual environment with Python3.7 installed and "pip install -r" the requirements.txt in that environment
Run the main.py file
In postman, create a workspace and open a request tab
Copy your local server ("http://127.0.0.1:5050" + "/see_stats") into the postman request url with the GET method selected and click Send
From there you are given back the current superheroes in the database and can add more via the POST method and "/add_stats" with a correct json object input into the body section

Known Bugs

No known bugs at this time

License

If you have any questions, please email me at jarretjeter@gmail.com

MIT

jarretjeter/Superhero-API