Basic python 2.7 REST API
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#!/usr/bin/python | |
from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer | |
PORT_NUMBER = 8080 | |
PUBLIC_ENTRY = './public/index.html' | |
# This class will handles any incoming request | |
class handleRoutes(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): | |
# Handler for the GET requests | |
def do_GET(self): | |
if (self.path == '/'): | |
file = open(PUBLIC_ENTRY) | |
self.sendResponse(file.read(), 200, 'text/html') | |
file.close() | |
return | |
if (self.path.startswith('/api/v1/')): | |
if (self.path.endswith('hello')): | |
return self.sendResponse('{"hello": "world"}', 200, 'application/json') | |
if (self.path.endswith('world')): | |
return self.sendResponse('{"world": "hello"}', 200, 'application/json') | |
else: | |
return self.sendResponse('Not found.', 404, 'text/plain') | |
def sendResponse(self, res, status, type): | |
self.send_response(status) | |
self.send_header('Content-type', type) | |
self.end_headers() | |
# Send the html message | |
self.wfile.write(res) | |
return | |
try: | |
# Create a web server and define the handler to manage the incoming requests | |
server = HTTPServer(('', PORT_NUMBER), handleRoutes) | |
print 'Started http server on port ' , PORT_NUMBER | |
# Wait forever for incoming http requests | |
server.serve_forever() | |
except KeyboardInterrupt: | |
print '\nFarewell my friend.' | |
server.socket.close() |
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