Build REST APIs

Steps to build APIs

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1. identify the resources in web service
2. define the API endpoints
3. pick a data format in REST API
   • XML: elements, each element has an opening and closing tag
   • JSON: key-value pairs similar to a Python dictionary
4. format your API responses to HTTP requests
   • HTTP requests
     • HTTP method, API endpoint, HTTP version, API host
   • HTTP responses 
     • Success
       • Content-Type header to define how to purse data
       • status code
     • Error
       • description of what error occured along with the appropriate status code

 

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3 popular frameworks for building REST APIs in Python

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1. Flask
2. Django
3. FastAPI

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참고

https://realpython.com/api-integration-in-python/#rest-architecture