6. Rest APIs

Syllabus Points Covered

Secure software architecture

Developing secure code

• Design, develop and implement a safe application programming interface (API) to minimise software vulnerabilities

  • safe endpoints

Chapter Contents

• 6.1. APIs
  • 6.1.1. What Is an API?
  • 6.1.2. What Is a Web API?
  • 6.1.3. How Do Web APIs Work?
  • 6.1.4. What is JSON?
  • 6.1.5. Glossary
• 6.2. JSON and Flask
  • 6.2.1. Manual JSON Responses
  • 6.2.2. Automatic JSON Responses with jsonify
  • 6.2.3. Glossary
• 6.3. REST APIs
  • 6.3.1. Resources and URLS
  • 6.3.2. CRUD and HTTP Methods
  • 6.3.3. Glossary
• 6.4. Testing APIs with cURL
  • 6.4.1. GET Requests
  • 6.4.2. POST Requests
  • 6.4.3. PUT Requests
  • 6.4.4. PATCH Requests
  • 6.4.5. DELETE Requests
  • 6.4.6. Glossary
• 6.5. Flask-RESTful
  • 6.5.1. Resources
  • 6.5.2. Routing
  • 6.5.3. Request Parameter Parsing