Basic example http server using bottle.py

exmple_bottle_server.py

from bottle import route, run, response, request
import sys, os, time, json

# CONVERT DICTONARY TO JSON
def dict_to_json(dict_data,return_type='pretty'):
	if return_type == 'pretty':
		return json.dumps(dict_data, sort_keys=True,indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))
	elif return_type == 'raw':
		return json.dumps(dict_data)

# ROUTE THAT WILL RESOLVE AT "/" or "/api" AND RETURN PLAIN TEXT "Hellow Workld!"
@route(['/','/api'], method='GET')
def index():
	return "Hello World!"

# ROUTE WITH A VARIABLE BUILT INTO THE ROUTE THAT WILL RETURN THAT VARIABLE
@route('/api/<variable>', method='GET')
def index(variable):
	# SET THE HEADER TO JSON SO THAT THE RECEIVING END POINT WILL INTERPRET IT CORRECTLY
	response.content_type = 'application/json'
	
	# FORMAT RESULTS OF QUERY STRING PARSE INTO A DICT
	results = {
		'variable': variable
	}
	
	# USE MY dict_to_json METHOD TO COVER VERT THE DICT TO JSON
	return dict_to_json(results)

@route('/api/query', method='GET')
def index():
	# SET THE HEADER TO JSON SO THAT THE RECEIVING END POINT WILL INTERPRET IT CORRECTLY
	response.content_type = 'application/json'

	# PARSE THE QUERY STRING
	if 'var1' in request.query:
		variable1 = request.query['var1']
	else:
		variable1 = False
	if 'var2' in request.query:
		variable2 = request.query['var2']
	else:
		variable2 = False

	# FORMAT RESULTS OF QUERY STRING PARSE INTO A DICT
	results = {
		"var1": variable1,
		"var2": variable2
	}

	# USE MY dict_to_json METHOD TO COVER VERT THE DICT TO JSON
	return dict_to_json(results)

# RUN SERVER IN DEV MODE
run(host='0.0.0.0', port=8181, debug=True)