Flask: Get up and running with GET/POST

app.py

=import json
from flask import Flask
from flask import request

from responses import get_cat_fact, get_activity

app = Flask(__name__)

# EXAMPLE REQUEST: GET 127.0.0.1:5000/
@app.route('/getname', methods=['GET'])
def index():
    return json.dumps({'name': 'alice',
                       'email': '[email protected]'})

# EXAMPLE REQUEST: POST 127.0.0.1:5000/json-example Data:
# {
#     "language" : "Python",
#     "framework" : "Flask",
#     "website" : "Scotch",
#     "version_info" : {
#         "python" : "3.9.0",
#         "flask" : "1.1.2"
#     },
#     "examples" : ["query", "form", "json"],
#     "boolean_test" : true
# }

@app.route('/json-example', methods=['POST'])
def json_example():
    request_data = request.get_json()

    language = request_data['language']
    framework = request_data['framework']
    python_version = request_data['version_info']['python']
    example = request_data['examples'][0]
    boolean_test = request_data['boolean_test']

    return '''
           The language value is: {}
           The framework value is: {}
           The Python version is: {}
           The item at index 0 in the example list is: {}
           The boolean value is: {}'''.format(language, framework, python_version, example, boolean_test)


# EXAMPLE REQUEST: POST 127.0.0.1:5000/ Data: {"data" : "cat"}
@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
def facts():
    request_data = request.get_json()
    fact_or_bored = request_data['data']

    if fact_or_bored == "cat":
        return '''{}'''.format(get_cat_fact())
    elif fact_or_bored == "bored":
        return '''{}'''.format(get_activity())
    else:
        return '''no data found'''


app.run()

requirements.txt

flask
json
reqeusts

responses.py

import requests

def get_cat_fact():
    api_url = 'https://catfact.ninja/fact'
    response = requests.get(api_url)
    data = response.json()
    return data["fact"]

def get_activity():
    api_url = 'https://www.boredapi.com/api/activity'
    response = requests.get(api_url)
    data = response.json()
    return data["activity"]