stack-overflow-lite-API

This is an api that enables stack overflow functionality without databases, DS only

The following are API endpoints enabling one to:

• Get all questions.
• Get a question.
• Post a question.
• Post an answer to a question.

Here is a list of the functioning endpoints

EndPoint	Functionality
POST /auth/signup	register users
POST /auth/login	login user
GET /questions	Fetch all questions
GET /questions/< questionId >	Fetch a specific question
POST /questions	Post a question
Delete /questions/< questionId >	Delete a question
POST /questions/< questionId >/answers	Post an answer to a question
PUT /questions/< questionId >/answers/< answerId >	Mark an answer as accepted or update an answer.

Extra endpoints include

• comments to add

Testing the endpoints

• Install python then using pip instal .. install flask
• clone the repo
• Ensure that postman is installed
• From your terminal locate the repo and run: python run.py
• open postman and test the endpoint

Setting up and how to start the application

• Install python then using pip instal .. install flask
• clone the repo
• From your terminal Ensure that the virtual environment is activated
• From the terminal locate the repo and run: python run.py

Technology used

• Python 3.6
• Flask framework

Written by: Bonvic Bundi

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