How to set up a basic Application Programming Interface (API) to make your data more accessible to users.
Web APIs are tools for making information and application functionality accessible over the internet. Web API is an extensible framework for building HTTP based services that can be accessed in different applications on different platforms such as web,windows, mobile etc. It works more or less the same way as ASP.NET MVC web application except that it sends data as a response instead of html view.
WEB API is a better choice for simpler, light weight services. WEB API can use any text format including XML and is faster than WCF. WEB API can be used to create full-blown REST Services. WEB API doesn’t require any data contracts and doesn’t require configurations to the level of WCF
The concept of API will serve the purpose of sending data to all that who are on demand request.
I took some time to study and understand the concept of an API and how it can be used for inside industrial Instrumentation and services. There is an endless possibilities that i could imagine. Lets keep the resource intensive and data intensive tasks to the servers and use only the data.
Here is my GitHub link for the codes.
https://github.com/SHAFIT/ft_py_webapi
Requirements :
1. Python 3.7,
2. the Flask web framework,
3. A web browser
These are required for this tutorial. For installation instruction use google or its own websites. Its Easy 😉
How to run the program
- Run the service $ python api.py
- open webbrowser and input URL
http://127.0.0.1:5000/ – for homepage
http://127.0.0.1:5000/books?no=1 – for items from the dictionary
http://127.0.0.1:5000/books/all – for all items from dictionay
http://127.0.0.1:5000/timeofserver – time of the server
The rest i can leave it your imaginations
