A flask starting point for creating a restful api

flaskapp_with_api_key.py

from functools import wraps
from flask import Flask, request, abort
from waitress import serve
app = Flask(__name__)

APPKEY = 'EXAMPLE_KEY'
def require_appkey(view_function):
    @wraps(view_function)
    def decorated_function(*args, **kwargs):
        if request.args.get('key') and request.args.get('key') == APPKEY:
            return view_function(*args, **kwargs)
        else:
            abort(401)
    return decorated_function

@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
@require_appkey
def post_data():
    return request.get_data()

@app.route('/', methods=['GET'])
def get_users(): 
    return 'RESTful api'
serve(app,host='0.0.0.0',port=8080)