demoAPI

solution adapted from https://programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/creating-apis-with-python-and-flask

steps:

dependancies:

• pip install flask

start local server by running: python3 api.py

example APIs to try out: home page:

• http://127.0.0.1:5000/

get all books:

• http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/v1/resources/books/all

get a particular book, from 0 to 2:

• http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/v1/resources/books?id=0
• http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/v1/resources/books?id=1
• http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/v1/resources/books?id=2

test time out

• http://127.0.0.1:5000/timeout