Flask API Server

Simple Flask API Boilerplate enhanced with JWT authentication, OAuth via GitHub, SqlAlchemy, SQLite persistence, and deployment scripts via Docker. It has all the ready-to-use bare minimum essentials.

• 👉 Support via Discord & Email provided by AppSeed.

Features:

• ✅ Up-to-date dependencies
• ✅ API Definition - the unified API structure implemented by this server
• ✅ API powered by Flask-restX
• ✅ JWT Authentication (login, logout, register) via Flask-jwt_extended
• 🆕 OAuth for Github
  • Full-stack ready with React Soft Dashboard
• ✅ Docker, Unitary tests

Can be used with other React Starters for a complete Full-Stack experience:

React Node JS Berry	React Node Soft Dashboard	React Node Horizon

✨ Quick Start in Docker

Get the code

$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/api-server-flask.git
$ cd api-server-flask

Start the app in Docker

$ docker-compose up --build  

The API server will start using the PORT 5000.

✨ Table of Contents

1. Getting Started
2. Project Structure
3. Modules
4. Testing

✨ How to use the code

Step #1 - Clone the project

$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/api-server-flask.git
$ cd api-server-flask

Step #2 - create virtual environment using python3 and activate it (keep it outside our project directory)

$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Unix based systems)
$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Windows based systems)
$ # virtualenv env
$ # .\env\Scripts\activate

Step #3 - Install dependencies in virtualenv

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Step #4 - setup flask command for our app

$ export FLASK_APP=run.py
$ export FLASK_ENV=development

For Windows-based systems

$ (Windows CMD) set FLASK_APP=run.py
$ (Windows CMD) set FLASK_ENV=development
$
$ (Powershell) $env:FLASK_APP = ".\run.py"
$ (Powershell) $env:FLASK_ENV = "development"

Step #5 - Create a new .env file using sample env.sample

The meaning of each variable can be found below:

• DEBUG: if True the app runs in develoment mode
  • For production value False should be used
• SECRET_KEY: used in assets management
• GITHUB_CLIENT_ID: For GitHub social login
• GITHUB_SECRET_KEY: For GitHub social login

Step #6 - start test APIs server at localhost:5000

$ flask run

Use the API via POSTMAN or Swagger Dashboard.

✨ Project Structure

api-server-flask/
├── api
│   ├── config.py
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── models.py
│   └── routes.py
├── Dockerfile
├── README.md
├── requirements.txt
├── run.py
└── tests.py

✨ API

For a fast set up, use this POSTMAN file: api_sample

Register - api/users/register (POST request)

POST api/users/register
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "username":"test",
    "password":"pass", 
    "email":"test@appseed.us"
}

Login - api/users/login (POST request)

POST /api/users/login
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "password":"pass", 
    "email":"test@appseed.us"
}

Logout - api/users/logout (POST request)

POST api/users/logout
Content-Type: application/json
authorization: JWT_TOKEN (returned by Login request)

{
    "token":"JWT_TOKEN"
}

✨ Testing

Run tests using pytest tests.py

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Flask API Server - provided by AppSeed