Rest API using Flask & SqlAlchemy

REST APIREST API
USING FLASK & SQLALCHEMYUSING FLASK & SQLALCHEMY
Alessandro Cucci
Python Developer, Energee3

REPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFERREPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFER
ROY THOMAS FIELDING - 2010ROY THOMAS FIELDING - 2010
HTTP://WWW.ICS.UCI.EDU/~FIELDING/PUBS/DISSERTATION/REST_ARCH_STYLE.HTMHTTP://WWW.ICS.UCI.EDU/~FIELDING/PUBS/DISSERTATION/REST_ARCH_STYLE.HTM

RESTREST
GUIDING CONSTRAINTSGUIDING CONSTRAINTS
CLIENT-SERVERCLIENT-SERVER
STATELESSSTATELESS
CACHEABLECACHEABLE
LAYERED SYSTEMLAYERED SYSTEM
CODE ON DEMAND (OPTIONAL)CODE ON DEMAND (OPTIONAL)

RESTREST
GUIDING CONSTRAINTSGUIDING CONSTRAINTS
UNIFORM INTERFACEUNIFORM INTERFACE
IDENTIFICATION OF RESOURCESIDENTIFICATION OF RESOURCES
MANIPULATION OF RESOURCES THROUGH REPRESENTATIONSMANIPULATION OF RESOURCES THROUGH REPRESENTATIONS
SELF-DESCRIPTIVE MESSAGESSELF-DESCRIPTIVE MESSAGES
HYPERMEDIA AS THE ENGINE OF APPLICATION STATEHYPERMEDIA AS THE ENGINE OF APPLICATION STATE

REST URI EXAMPLESREST URI EXAMPLES
h�p://myapi.com/customers
h�p://myapi.com/customers/33245
REST ANTI-PATTERNSREST ANTI-PATTERNS
h�p://myapi.com/update_customer&id=12345&
format=json
h�p://myapi.com/customers/12345/update

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN URL AND HTTPRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN URL AND HTTP
METHODSMETHODS
URL GET PUT POST DELETE
h�p://api.myvinylcollec�on.com
/records/
LIST of records in
collec�on
Method not
allowed.
CREATE a
new entry in
the
collec�on.
DELETE the
en�re
collec�on.
/records/1
RETRIEVE a
representa�on of
the addressed
member of the
collec�on
REPLACE
the
addressed
member of
the
collec�on.
Method not
allowed.
DELETE the
addressed
member of
the
collec�on.

WHAT DO WE NOT CARE FOR THIS EVENINGWHAT DO WE NOT CARE FOR THIS EVENING
Stability & Tes�ng
Long-Term maintainability
Edge Cases
Opera�ons, Caching & Deployment

MY VINYL COLLECTION APIMY VINYL COLLECTION API

HTTP://FLASK.POCOO.ORG/HTTP://FLASK.POCOO.ORG/

HELLO API!HELLO API!
from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run()
$ python myvinylcollectionapi.py
* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

Rest API using Flask & SqlAlchemy

from flask import Flask
@app.route("/")
def hello():
return "Hello PyRE!"
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run()

from flask import Flask, jsonify
@app.route("/")
def hello():
return jsonify(data="Hello PyRE!")
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run()

HTTP GET METHODSHTTP GET METHODS
URL GET
/records
LIST of records in
collec�on
/records/1
RETRIEVE a
representa�on of the
addressed member of
the collec�on

from flask import Flask, jsonify, abort
RECORDS = [
{
'id': 0,
'artist': "Queen",
'title': "A Night At The Opera",
'year': "1975",
'label': "EMI"
},
{
'id': 1,
'artist': "Pink Floyd",
'title': "The Dark Side Of The Moon",
'year': "1989",
'label': "EMI"
},
...
]

@app.route("/records")
def get_records():
return jsonify(RECORDS)
@app.route("/records/<int:index>")
def get_record(index):
try:
record = RECORDS[index]
except IndexError:
abort(404)
return jsonify(record)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run()

HTTP GET METHODHTTP GET METHOD
$ curl -X GET localhost:5000/records
[
{
"artist": "Queen",
"id": 0,
"label": "EMI",
"title": "A Night At The Opera",
"year": "1975"
},
{
"artist": "Pink Floyd",
"id": 1,
"label": "EMI",
"title": "The Dark Side Of The Moon",
"year": "1989"
}
]

HTTP GET Method
$ curl -X GET localhost:5000/records/1
{
"artist": "Pink Floyd",
"id": 1,
"label": "EMI",
"title": "The Dark Side Of The Moon",
"year": "1989"
}
<title>404 Not Found</title>
<h1>Not Found</h1>
<p>The requested URL was not found on the server.
If you entered the URL manually please check
your spelling and try again.</p>

JSONIFY THAT ERROR!JSONIFY THAT ERROR!
@app.errorhandler(404)
def page_not_found(error):
return jsonify(
error="Not Found",
status_code=404
), 404
{
"error": "Not Found",
"status_code": 404
}

GOOD NEWS:GOOD NEWS:
IT WORKS!IT WORKS!
BAD NEWS:BAD NEWS:
STATIC DATASTATIC DATA

SEPARATION OF CONCERNSSEPARATION OF CONCERNS

SQLITESQLITE + DISCOGS.COM+ DISCOGS.COM + PANDAS+ PANDAS

CREATE TABLE "collection" (
`index` INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
`Catalog#` TEXT,
`Artist` TEXT,
`Title` TEXT,
`Label` TEXT,
`Format` TEXT,
`Rating` REAL,
`Released` INTEGER,
`release_id` INTEGER,
`CollectionFolder` TEXT,
`Date Added` TEXT,
`Collection Media Condition` TEXT,
`Collection Sleeve Condition` TEXT,
`Collection Notes` REAL
)

CSV COLLECTION EXPORTCSV COLLECTION EXPORT

import pandas
import sqlite3
conn = sqlite3.connect('record_collection.db')
conn.text_factory = sqlite3.Binary
df = pandas.read_csv('collection.csv')
df.to_sql('collection', conn)

OBJECT RELATIONAL MAPPER (ORM)OBJECT RELATIONAL MAPPER (ORM)
HTTP://DOCS.SQLALCHEMY.ORGHTTP://DOCS.SQLALCHEMY.ORG

MODEL.PYMODEL.PY
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from flask_sqlalchemy import orm
db = SQLAlchemy()
class Record(db.Model):
__tablename__ = "collection"
index = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
Artist = db.Column(db.Text, nullable=False)
Title = db.Column(db.Text, nullable=False)
Label = db.Column(db.Text)
Released = db.Column(db.Text)
def as_dict(self):
columns = orm.class_mapper(self.__class__).mapped_table.c
return {
col.name: getattr(self, col.name)
for col in columns
}

QUERYQUERY
>>> # .all() return a list
>>> all_records = Record.query.all()
>>> len(all_records)
80
>>> # .first() return the first item that matches
>>> record = Record.query.filter(Record.index == 9).first()
>>> record.Title
"Back In Black"
>>> record.Artist
"AC/DC"
>>> record.Released
"1980"
>>> # .filter_by() is a shortcut
>>> record = Record.query.filter_by(index == 6).first()
>>> record.Title
"Hotel California"

from flask import Flask, jsonify
from model import db, Record
app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = "sqlite:///record_collection.db"
db.init_app(app)
@app.route("/records")
def get_records():
records = [r.as_dict() for r in Record.query.all()]
return jsonify(records)
@app.route("/records/<int:index>")
record = Record.query.filter(Record.index == index).first_or_404()
return jsonify(record.as_dict())

$ curl -X GET localhost:5000/records
[
{
"Artist": "The Police",
"index": 0,
"Title": "Reggatta De Blanc"
},
{
"Artist": "The Beatles",
"index": 1,
"Title": "Abbey Road"
},
...
]
{
"Artist": "The Beatles",
"index": 1,
"Title": "Abbey Road"
}

HTTP POST METHODSHTTP POST METHODS
URL POST
/records/
CREATE a new
entry in the
collec�on.
/records/1
Method not
allowed.

POST ON LOCALHOST:5000/RECORDS/IDPOST ON LOCALHOST:5000/RECORDS/ID
@app.errorhandler(405)
def method_not_allowed(error):
return jsonify(
error="Method Not Allowed",
status_code=405
), 405
from flask import Flask, jsonify, abort, request
...
@app.route("/records/<int:index>", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
if request.method == 'POST':
abort(405)
return jsonify(record.as_dict())

$ curl -X POST localhost:5000/records/1
{
"error": "Method Not Allowed",
"status_code": 405
}

INSERT INTO DATABASEINSERT INTO DATABASE
>>> # .add() insert a record
>>> db.session.add(record)
>>> # changes won't be saved until committed!
>>> db.session.commit()

ADDING A RECORD TO MY COLLECTIONADDING A RECORD TO MY COLLECTION
@app.route("/records", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def get_records():
record = Record(**json.loads(request.data))
db.session.add(record)
db.session.commit()
return jsonify(record.as_dict()), 201
return jsonify(records)

ADDING A RECORD TO MY COLLECTIONADDING A RECORD TO MY COLLECTION
$ curl -i -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST localhost:5000/records
> -d '{"Artist":"Neil Joung", "Title":"Harvest",
> "Label":"Reprise Records", "Released":"1977"}'
HTTP/1.0 201 CREATED
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 104
Server: Werkzeug/0.11.11 Python/2.7.12+
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 11:03:10 GMT
{
"Artist": "Neil Young",
"Label": "Reprise Records",
"Released": "1977",
"Title": "American Stars 'N Bars",
"index": 91
}

HTTP PUT METHODSHTTP PUT METHODS
URL PUT
/records/
Method not allowed.
/records/1
REPLACE the
addressed member
of the collec�on.

@app.route("/records", methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PUT'])
def get_records():
db.session.commit()
elif request.method == 'PUT':
abort(405)
return jsonify(records), 200
@app.route("/records/<int:index>", methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PUT'])
abort(405)
else:
if request.method == 'PUT':
for k, v in json.loads(request.data).iteritems():
setattr(record, k, v)
db.session.commit()

PUT ON COLLECTIONPUT ON COLLECTION
$ curl -i -H "Content-Type: application/json"
> -X POST localhost:5000/records
HTTP/1.0 405 METHOD NOT ALLOWED
Content-Length: 59
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 10:20:06 GMT
{
"error": "Method Not Allowed",
"status_code": 405
}

PUT ON RESOURCEPUT ON RESOURCE
$ curl -i -H "Content-Type: application/json"
> -X PUT localhost:5000/records/91
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Length: 104
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 11:07:22 GMT
{
"Released": "1977",
"index": 91
}

HTTP DELETE METHODSHTTP DELETE METHODS
URL DELETE
/records/
DELETE the en�re
collec�on.
/records/1
DELETE the
addressed member
of the collec�on.

DELETE ON COLLECTIONDELETE ON COLLECTION
@app.route("/records", methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'])
def get_records():
db.session.commit()
abort(405)
if request.method == 'DELETE':
for r in records:
db.session.delete(r)
db.session.commit()

DELETE ON RESOURCEDELETE ON RESOURCE
@app.route("/records/<int:index>", methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'])
abort(405)
else:
db.session.commit()
elif request.method == 'DELETE':
db.session.delete(record)
db.session.commit()

$ curl -i -X DELETE localhost:5000/records/91
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Length: 104
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 10:40:00 GMT
{
"Released": "1977",
"index": 91
}

$ curl -i -X DELETE localhost:5000/records/91
HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.0 404 NOT FOUND
Content-Length: 50
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 10:40:09 GMT
{
"error": "Not Found",
"status_code": 404
}

DELETE ON COLLECTIONDELETE ON COLLECTION
$ curl -i -X DELETE localhost:5000/records

FLASK-LOGINFLASK-LOGIN
HTTPS://FLASK-LOGIN.READTHEDOCS.IOHTTPS://FLASK-LOGIN.READTHEDOCS.IO

PWD AUTHENTICATIONPWD AUTHENTICATION
from flask import Flask, jsonify, abort
from flask_login import LoginManager, current_user
login_manager = LoginManager(app)
@login_manager.request_loader
def check_token(request):
token = request.headers.get('Authorization')
if token == 'L3T_M3_PA55!':
return "You_can_pass" # DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!
return None
@app.route("/")
def get_main_root():
if current_user:
return jsonify(data='Hello Login'), 200
else:
abort(401)

HOW IT WORKSHOW IT WORKS
$ curl -i localhost:5000
HTTP/1.0 401 UNAUTHORIZED
WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Authentication Required"
Content-Length: 37
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:46:55 GMT
{
"error": "Unauthorized access"
}
$ curl -i -H "Authorization: L3T_M3_PA55!" localhost:5000
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Length: 28
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:42:00 GMT
{
"data": "Hello Login"
}

SECURING OUR API - RESOURCESECURING OUR API - RESOURCE
@app.route("/records/<int:index>", methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'])
abort(405)
else:
if current_user:
db.session.commit()
else:
abort(401)
elif request.method == 'DELETE':
if current_user:
db.session.delete(record)
db.session.commit()
else:
abort(401)

SECURING OUR API - COLLECTIONSECURING OUR API - COLLECTION
@app.route("/records", methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'])
def get_records():
db.session.commit()
abort(405)
if request.method == 'DELETE':
if current_user:
for r in records:
db.session.delete(r)
db.session.commit()
else:
abort(401)

HOMEWORKSHOMEWORKS
Pagina�on with Flask-SqlAlchemy
Rate Limi�ng with Flask-Limiter
Cache with Flask-Cache

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!
{
'slides': 'www.alessandrocucci.it/pyre/restapi',
'code': 'https://goo.gl/4UOqEr'
}

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