flask_api_post.py

from flask import Flask, jsonify, request, Response
import json

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/response', methods=['GET'])
def api_response():
   data = {
       'data': 'test data',
       'id': 1
   }
   js = json.dumps(data)
   resp = Response(js, status=200, mimetype='application/json')
   return resp

@app.route('/check, methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'])
def check():
   if request.method == 'GET':
       return "REQUEST TYPE: GET"

   elif request.method == 'POST':
       return "REQUEST TYPE: POST"

   elif request.method == 'PUT':
       return "REQUEST TYPE: PUT"

   elif request.method == 'DELETE':
       return "REQUEST TYPE: DELETE"

@app.route('/', methods=['GET'])
def index():
   return jsonify({
       'author': 'Vivek Singh Bhadauria',
       'author_url': 'http://viveksb007.wordpress.com/',
       'base_url': 'zeolearn.com/',
       'endpoints': {
           'Returns URLS of images': '/magazines/photos/{number of photos}',
       }
   })

@app.route('/magazines/photos/<number_of_images>', methods=['GET'])
def get_image_links(number_of_images):
   image_list = []
   # Code for scraping zeolearn magazine section and appending links in image_list
   response = requests.get('https://www.zeolearn.com/magazine/')
   soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
   for tag in soup.find_all('img'):
       image_list.append(tag['src'])
   image_data = {}
   if int(number_of_images) < len(image_list):
       for i in range(0, int(number_of_images)):
           image_data[str(i)] = image_list[i]
   else:
       for i in range(0, len(image_list)):
           image_data[str(i)] = image_list[i]
   return jsonify(image_data)

@app.route('/messages', methods = ['POST'])
def api_message():
    if request.headers['Content-Type'] == 'text/plain':
        return "Text Message: " + request.data
    elif request.headers['Content-Type'] == 'application/json':
        return "JSON Message: " + json.dumps(request.json)
    else:
        return "415 Unsupported Media Type ;)"
           
if __name__ == '__main__':
   app.run()

flask_api_post_1.py

from flask import Flask, jsonify

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/', methods=['GET'])
def index():
   return jsonify({
       'author': 'Vivek Singh Bhadauria',
       'author_url': 'http://viveksb007.wordpress.com/',
       'base_url': 'zeolearn.com/',
       'endpoints': {
           'Returns URLS of images': '/magazines/photos/{number of photos}',
       }
   })

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

flask_api_post_2.py

from flask import request

@app.route('/check, methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'])
def check():
   if request.method == 'GET':
       return "REQUEST TYPE: GET"

   elif request.method == 'POST':
       return "REQUEST TYPE: POST"

   elif request.method == 'PUT':
       return "REQUEST TYPE: PUT"

   elif request.method == 'DELETE':
       return "REQUEST TYPE: DELETE"

flask_api_post_3.py

from flask import Response
import json

@app.route('/response', methods=['GET'])
def api_response():
   data = {
       'data': 'test data',
       'id': 1
   }
   js = json.dumps(data)
   resp = Response(js, status=200, mimetype='application/json')
   return resp

flask_api_post_4.py

@app.route('/magazines/photos/<number_of_images>', methods=['GET'])
def get_image_links(number_of_images):
   image_list = []
   # Code for scraping zeolearn magazine section and appending links in image_list
   response = requests.get('https://www.zeolearn.com/magazine/')
   soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
   for tag in soup.find_all('img'):
       image_list.append(tag['src'])
   image_data = {}
   if int(number_of_images) < len(image_list):
       for i in range(0, int(number_of_images)):
           image_data[str(i)] = image_list[i]
   else:
       for i in range(0, len(image_list)):
           image_data[str(i)] = image_list[i]
   return jsonify(image_data)

flask_api_post_5.py

from flask import json

@app.route('/messages', methods = ['POST'])
def api_message():

    if request.headers['Content-Type'] == 'text/plain':
        return "Text Message: " + request.data

    elif request.headers['Content-Type'] == 'application/json':
        return "JSON Message: " + json.dumps(request.json)

    else:
        return "415 Unsupported Media Type ;)"

request.sh

curl -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/messages -d '{ "message" : "Test Data" }'