🌐 Flask REST API: Hello World

This project is a basic application that uses Flask to serve an HTML file via a REST API. To understand the fundamentals of a REST server with Python and Flask.

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🚀 Technologies Used

• Backend: Python, Flask
• Server: Flask Development Server
• Frontend: Static HTML

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📖 Prerequisites

Before running this project, make sure you have the following components installed:

1. Python 3.10 or later
2. Git
3. A text editor such as Visual Studio Code (optional).

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🛠️ Steps to Set Up and Run the Project

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

Use the following command to clone the project from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/ciizao/RestAPI_Python.git

2️⃣ Navigate to the Project Directory

Create a virtual environment to manage the project dependencies:

cd RestAPI_Python

3️⃣ Create a Virtual Environment

Create a virtual environment to manage the project dependencies:

python -m venv venv

4️⃣ Activate the Virtual Environment

• On Windows

venv\Scripts\activate

• On MAC/Linux

source venv/bin/activate

5️⃣ Install Dependencies

Use the requirements.txt file to install the necessary dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

6️⃣ Run the Application

Start the Flask server with the following command:

python app.py

7️⃣ Access the API

Open your browser and go to the URL:

http://localhost:1000/api/hello

• You should see the content of the helloRestAPI.html file.

📂 Repository

• The source code for this project is available on GitHub:

https://github.com/ciizao/RestAPI_Python.git