API route prefixes with bottle. So you don't have to type @route('/api/name/blah') every time. You can just use @route('/blah')

api.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# # Site API

# ## Imports

# Standard libs

# Third party libs
import bottle
from bottle import get, post, route

# Project libs
import api_clients


# ## Setup

# Which API is this? Will be installed at /api/API_NAME
API_NAME = 'site'

# 'application' to install the routes on
api = bottle.Bottle()


# ## APIs

# GET /api/site/check
@api.get("/check")
def test():
    return 'Working'.encode('utf-8')


# Mount the routes to the app that gets started up
bottle.default_app().mount(prefix='/api/{0}'.format(API_NAME), app=api)