Basic REST API with Flask and Mongodb

Simple REST API with SSL and Basic HTTP Authentication

Install all dependencies

• pip install -r requirements.txt

Update depedencies from code

• pip freeze > requirements.txt

Export FLASK_APP env variable

• export FLASK_APP=app/server.py

Mongodb

1. Install mongodb using Docker (https://hub.docker.com/_/mongo/)
2. Create user
    - db.users.insertOne({'name':'admin', 'password':'admin'})
3. Check creation
    - db.users.find()

Run server

• python app/server.py DEBUG SSL

• Example: python app/server.py True True

Useful resources

• Flask
  • https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-part-i-hello-world
• Flask HTTP auth
  • https://flask-httpauth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
  • http://polyglot.ninja/securing-rest-apis-basic-http-authentication-python-flask/
  • https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/running-your-flask-application-over-https