Flask postgres api example
API use
POST user
curl -X POST -F 'email=some@email.com' -F 'password=something' https://flask-pg-api.herokuapp.com/
GET form page from browser
curl -X GET https://flask-pg-api.herokuapp.com/
GET user from db
curl -X GET https://flask-pg-api.herokuapp.com/user/<user_id>
POST update user
curl -X POST -F 'email=some@email.com' -F 'password=something' https://flask-pg-api.herokuapp.com/user/<user_id>
where <user_id> is f.e. 1
Development
create python virtual environment to separate dev packages from system
python3 -m venv virtual_env
activate virtual environment
source virtual_env/bin/activate
install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
Export flask env var:
export FLASK_APP=run.py
Run flask app
flask run