JSON API in Python flask

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JSON API

Question

Question Code:JSON_API
                    Create a JSON API server takes a string and returns response ‘acks’ when the input is number ‘acki’ when the input is a string and has a JSON field in the response which divides the requested object into two.

Input - 1

Output - 1

Input - 2

Output - 2

dependencies

• Python 2.7
• flask 0.11.1 (python package)

json_api.py

#!/usr/bin/python
#python 2.7
from flask import Flask, request, json, render_template

app = Flask(__name__)
app.debug = True


@app.route('/', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
def index():
    if request.method == "GET":
        return render_template('welcome.html')
    else:
        inp = request.form['input']
        try:
            # check wheather input is convertable to int or not
            int(inp)
            result = 'aski'
        except ValueError:
            result = 'asks'

        data = {'JSON': result}

        # sets appropriate headers for json response
        response = app.response_class(
            response=json.dumps(data),
            status=200,
            mimetype='application/json'
        )

    return response


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run()