REST Server for Tasks

A simple REST server for introducing REST and Flask in Python. It can be run from the command line by typing:

python task_server.py or

./task_server.py

It provides basic support for showing and creating tasks.

API

---

Resource: tasks

Url: /api/v1.0/tasks

Description: The tasks currently available on the server, without paging

Method: GET - Retrieve the list of available tasks

Example Response:

{
  "tasks": [
    {
      "description": "call Giovanni for AmI project organization",
      "id": 22,
      "urgent": 1
    },
    {
      "description": "buy a new mouse",
      "id": 23,
      "urgent": 1
    },
    {
      "description": "find a present for Angelina's birthday",
      "id": 24,
      "urgent": 0
    },
    {
      "description": "organize mega party (last week of April)",
      "id": 25,
      "urgent": 0
    },
...
}

Method: POST - Create a new task

Parameters: description, urgent

Example:

{
	"description" : "This is a new task",
	"urgent" : 0
}

Url: /api/v1.0/tasks/:task_id

Method: GET - Retrieve the task identified by the given task_id (an integer number)

Example Response:

{
  "task": {
    "description": "call Giovanni for AmI project organization",
    "id": 22,
    "urgent": 1
  }
}