flask-boiler-plate

This project provides the production ready boiler plate to start Rest Api development in python using flask

PreRequisites

• Install Python3
  • installation : https://www.python.org/downloads
  • documentation : https://docs.python.org/3
• Insall Pip
  • installation : https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing
  • documentation : https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable
• Git
  • installation : https://git-scm.com/downloads
  • documentation : https://git-scm.com/doc

SetUp

• clone the repository git clone <repo_url>
• setup flask virtual environment https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/installation

Tests

• install dependencies : pip install -r requirements.txt
• Run TestCases : pytest tests --doctest-modules --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml
• Code Coverage : py.test -v --cov=publication --cov=common --cov-report xml --cov-report html

Deployment

• Standalone
  • install dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt
  • python wsgi.py (recomended for development)
  • ./scripts/run.sh
    • enviroment example:-dev,prod
    • port example:-2556

Verify

• open http(s): // <host>:<port> in web browser
  • example http://localhost:2556
• documentation of apis will be available

References

• Flask-RestPlus https://flask-restplus.readthedocs.io/en/stable/swagger.html#headers
• SqlAlchemy Docs https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html