Building a Flask REST API

Learn to build a Python Flask REST API in this comprehensive tutorial video. Start with a basic API and progress to integrating it with a Flask SQL-Alchemy database. Cover essential topics including installing dependencies, creating resources, handling requests, working with JSON, implementing CRUD operations, configuring databases, and serializing objects. Follow along with provided code samples and timestamps to create a fully functional REST API using Python and Flask.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Installing Dependencies
- Building a Minimal Hello World API
- Adding Resources
- Sending Requests
- Understanding JSON
- Testing The Hello World API
- Handling Post Requests
- Passing Arguments
- Storing Data in Memory
- Request Argument Parser
- Sending Status Code
- Validating Requests
- Handling Delete Requests
- Installing Database Dependencies
- Database Configuration
- Creating a Model
- Querying Database
- Serializing Objects
- Adding Entries to the Database
- Handling Update Request