app.py

# *************************
# Julia Di
# February 5, 2014
# This was a project to familiarize myself with using APIs for
# my first hacakthon. It isn't quite complete yet.
# *************************

from flask import Flask, jsonify, render_template, request
import requests

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/search", methods=["GET", "POST"])
def search():
    if request.method == "POST":
        url = "https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=" + 
              request.form["user_search"]
        response_dict = requests.get(url).json()
        return render_template("results.html", api_data=response_dict)
    else: # when request.method == "GET"
        return render_template("search.html")

# To catch errors
@app.errorhandler(404)
def page_not_found(error):
    return "Sorry, this page was not found.", 404

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host="0.0.0.0")