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A zero-coding and zero-configuration restful fake API for developers
https://github.com/harryho/flat-api

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A zero-coding and zero-configuration restful fake API for developers

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FlatApi
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FlatApi is a **zero coding** and **zero configuration** restful API server inspired by Json-Server_ and Eve_. It is designed to be used as fake restful api for development, especially for people want to use Python stack. Setup process is **less than 10 seconds**.

FlatApi is:

- **Zero coding and configuration to setup Restful API** FlatApi is designed to use without coding and configuration by default. You just need one config to setup all endpoints you need, then you can use it immediately.

- **Flask based web server** FlatApi is built on the top of _Flask

- **Json flat file database** FlatApi uses FlatApi_ to manage the Json flat file database. FlatApi is a document oriented database.

- **Caching memory storage availble** FlatApi supports caching momery storage after version 4.0.0.

Install Package
***************

.. code-block:: bash

$ pip uninstall flatapi
$ pip install --no-cache-dir flatapi

Quick Start
***********

- Launch FlatApi without configuration

.. code-block:: bash

# Start the FlatApi - Sample 1
$ python3 //flatapi -S MEMORY -G NO
# Start the FlatApi - Sample 2
$ python3 //flatapi --storage MEMORY -cfgfile NO
# Start the FlatApi with prefix - Sample 3
$ python3 //flatapi --storage memory -cfgfile no -X api

.. code-block:: bash

\(^_^)/ Hi

Loading is done.

There is no config file found. Flat Api uses internal configuration.

Resource :
/ -- The doc is the collection name
you want to post or put the object.
// --The id is the unique id for query or delete.

Database: Memory

* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

- Test api via postman

It would be a much more handy and easy way to play around with the API immediately.

.. code-block:: bash

GET /posts --> Get all posts
POST /posts --> Add new post
PUT /posts/1 --> Update existing post which id is 1
DELETE /posts/1 --> Delete a post which id is 1
DELETE /posts --> Delete all posts

- Test api via curl

.. code-block:: bash

# Add a new post
$ curl -d "{\"text\":\"post 1\",\"author\":\"harry\"}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST http://localhost:5000/posts
{"author": "harry", "text": "post 1", "id": 1}

# Get post by Id
$ curl -X GET http://localhost:5000/posts/1
{"author": "harry", "text": "post 1", "id": 1}

# Get all posts
$ curl -X GET http://localhost:5000/posts
[{"author": "harry", "text": "post 1", "id": 1}]

# Update the post
$ curl -d "{\"text\":\"post updated\",\"author\":\"harry\"}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT http://localhost:5000/posts/1
[{"author": "harry", "text": "post updated", "id": 1}]

# Delete
$ curl -X DELETE http://localhost:5000/posts

Custom Configuration
********************

- Create config.json as sample below (There is a sample in the repo as well)

.. code-block:: json

{
"db": "db.json",
"routes":[
"/posts",
"/comments"
]
}

- Launch FlatApi. Please make sure the config.json is under current diretory

.. code-block:: bash

$ python3 //flatapi

\(^_^)/ Hi

Loading config.json is done.

Resource :
/posts
/comments

Database: db.json

* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

Advanced usage
**************

- **Change default port**

.. code-block:: bash

$ python3 flatapi -P 4999
...
* Running on http://127.0.0.1:4999/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

- **Add prefix to the API via config.json**

.. code-block:: json

{
"db":"db.json",
"prefix": "api",
"routes":[
"/posts",
"/comments"
]
}

- API changes as follows

.. code-block:: bash

GET /api/posts --> Get all posts
GET /api/posts/1 --> Get the post which id is 1
POST /api/posts --> Add new post
PUT /api/posts/1 --> Update existing post which id is 1
DELETE /api/posts/1 --> Delete a post which id is 1
DELETE /api/posts --> Delete all posts

- **Advanced queries**

- Create sample test data in db.json

.. code-block:: json

{
"posts": [{
"author": "harry",
"text": "post 1",
"id": 1,
"recommended": 4
}],
"comments": [{
"postId": 1,
"commentator": "john",
"text": "comment 1",
"id": 1
}]
}

- Use built-in embed route setting to retrieve children objects. It is inspired by Json-Server.

.. code-block:: bash

GET /posts/1/comments

- Following is query result

.. code-block:: json

{
"author": "harry",
"comments": [
{
"postId": 1,
"commentator": "john",
"text": "comment 1",
"id": 1
}
],
"text": "post 1",
"id": 1,
"recommended": 4
}

- Use expand to retrieve parent objects

.. code-block:: bash

GET /comments/1?expand=posts

- Following is query result

.. code-block:: json

{
"postId": 1,
"commentator": "john",
"post": {
"author": "harry",
"text": "post 1",
"id": 1
},
"text": "comment 1",
"id": 1,
"recommended": 4
}

- Use query string to retrieve the objects

.. code-block:: bash

GET /posts?author=harry

- Following is query result

.. code-block:: json

{
"author": "harry",
"text": "post 1",
"id": 1,
"recommended": 4
}

- Use `_like` to retrieve the objects

.. code-block:: bash

GET /posts?text_like=4

- Following is query result

.. code-block:: json

{
"author": "harry",
"text": "post 1",
"id": 1,
"recommended": 4
}

- Use `_gte`, `_gt`, `_lt`, `_lte` to retrieve the objects

.. code-block:: bash

GET /posts?recommended_gte=4

- Following is query result

.. code-block:: json

{
"author": "harry",
"text": "post 1",
"id": 1,
"recommended": 4
}

- **Use caching momery storage**

- Use following config to launch the api with caching memory storage.

.. code-block:: json

{
"storage": "MEMORY",
"routes":[
"/posts",
"/comments"
]
}

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.. _Flask: http://flask.pocoo.org/
.. _Eve: http://python-eve.org/
.. _Json-Server: https://github.com/typicode/json-server
.. _FlatApi: https://github.com/harryho/flata