FLASK BAREBONE SERVER EXERCISE

Built a simple REST-based web server in Python that supports the following features:

http://localhost:5000

/hello?firstname={first name}&lastname={last name}&gender={m/f}

and respond with

Hello Mr {First Name} {Last Name}

Hello Ms {First Name} {Last Name}

depending on the gender.

Example: the request “/hello?firstname=tien&lastname=nguyen&gender=m” returns “Hello Mr Tien Nguyen”

/compute?num1={num1}&num2={num2}&operator={add/subtract/multiply/divide}

and respond with the result

Example: the request “/compute?num1=5&num2=3&operation=subtract” returns “2” (5-3=2)

/date

with the current date in the form

yyyy-mm-dd

Example: “/date” returns “2017-09-20”

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Command:

virtualenv env; source env/bin/activate;

Reason: to make the installation run in a limited space

Command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Reason: all needed installations are saved in requirements.txt. pip is a command for Python to pick up necessary packages and install them.

Command:

python server.py

Reason: have your server running, so that what you interact with server-client will be viewable on your browser

Command: on your browser address bar

localhost:5000

Reason: Because your server is running, you can see the result. Add the above routes to see different results as well

control c

If accidently closed the window and getting error when trying to run Python server again

ps -fA | grep python

find the second number of the server

kill (second number)

pip freeze > requirements.txt

deactivatae