Rapid API Prototyping with Bottle.py - api.py - V3

api.py

################## Import Libraries ##################
import os.path
from bottle import route, run, response, static_file, request, error, Bottle, template
from json import dumps, loads, load

################## WebService Route / ##################
class API:
    def __init__(self, port, local):
        self._app = Bottle()
        self._route() # During initialisation we launch the _route() method to register the routes enabled

        self._local = local
        self._port = port

        if local:
            self._host = '127.0.0.1'
        else:
            self._host = '0.0.0.0'

    def start(self):
        self._app.run(server='paste', host=self._host, port=self._port)

    def _route(self):
        self._app.hook('before_request')(self._strip_path) # Needed to prevent errors.
        self._app.route('/', callback=self._homepage) # We tell to the API to listen on "/" and execute the action "_homepage()" when "/" is called

        # We tell the API to execute _doAction() when a POST Request is perform on "/action"
        self._app.route('/action', method="POST", callback=self._doAction)

        # We tell the API to execute _doAction() when a GET Request is perform on "/action"
        self._app.route('/action', method="GET", callback=self._doAction)

    def _strip_path(self):
        request.environ['PATH_INFO'] = request.environ['PATH_INFO'].rstrip('/')

    def _homepage(self):
        return static_file("index.html", root=os.getcwd()+'\\html') # We return the "index.html" file as a static file.

    def _doAction(self):
        rv = {"status": "Success"} # We create a dictionary with the key "status" = "success"
        response.content_type = 'application/json' # we set the correct "response.content_type" to "json" format, because "json" is nice and cool !

        return dumps(rv) # We dump the dictionary into json file and return it.