Simple Flask RESTful API

app.py

"""
Flask simple API
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1) Install dependencies with `pip install flask gunicorn`
 
2) Run with `gunicorn -b 0.0.0.0:5555 app:app --reload --capture-output`
  
"""
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify, abort

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/', methods=['GET'])
def get():
    response = jsonify({'hello': 'I\'m a GET Method'})
    response.status_code = 200

    return response

@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
def post_something():
    name = request.json.get('name', '')
    if name:
        response = jsonify({'hello': 'Hello %s' % name})
        response.status_code = 201

        return response

    response = jsonify({'hello': 'Hello Guest'})
    response.status_code = 201

    return response

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