python3-rest-api

Cloud Computing Assignment - Creating a simple REST API
"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Romania
Faculty of Computer Science

Ștefan Bogdan
stefanbogdan.sbg@gmail.com

Assignment Description

Create an application that provides a RESTFull API. It is mandatory to use at least: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE. It is very important to respect all additional requirements specified in the laboratory.
Important note: You are not allowed to use any web frameworks!

Observations

• I have made this api purely for educational purposes.

• The api gives access to a database of cars. For the sake of simplicity, this "database" is nothing more than a few "Car" objects stored in a python dictionary.

• The initialisation process populates the database with the following cars:

  ID	Make	Model	Year	Price €
  1	Ford	Focus	2012	8000
  2	Dacia	Logan	2006	2400
  3	BMW	320d	2010	10100

What would I do differently if I decided to remake this project

• I would make it easier to introduce/remove supported calls (maybe using python decorators and regex).
• I would change the GET path for a single car from /car/id to /cars/id.
• Regarding unit-testing, I would use a single test suite instead of multiple small tests.
• I would make a CarList class to store all the cars and CRUD functions.

Supported Calls

• GET /cars
• GET /car/id
• POST /cars
• PUT /car/id
• DELETE /car/id

Note: A JSON containing all the necessary attributes should be present in a POST or PUT request's body.

Useful Links

Beginner's Guide to Creating a REST API
HTTP Status Codes
Richardson Maturity Model
How to Create a REST Protocol
The Difference Between POST and PUT
PUT or POST: The REST of the Story
REST APIs must be hypertext-driven