flask_demo

Small Flask Microservice that makes an API call to Open Weather Map, and brings back information about current weather information for Specified City.

Coursera Lab: duke-coursera-ccb-lab2

Invoke Endpoint

*Go to terminal and type git clone git@github.com:feteezuk/flask_demo.git

• Create virtualenv and source it: python3 -m venv flask_demo && source flask_demo/bin/activate
• Install and Test: make all
• Run it: python app.py

You will get the message :

• Serving Flask app "app" (lazy loading)
• Environment: production WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment. Use a production WSGI server instead.
• Debug mode: on
• Running on http://[PORT ADDRESS]
• Restarting with watchdog (fsevents)
• Debugger is active!
• Debugger PIN: ****
• I am inside hello world

Go to browser, and type in

• http://[PORT ADDRESS]/change

• Go to name_the_city_to_search_for.py file and type in city name, then refresh browser. You should get city weather information.