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Building RESTful Python Web Services

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Product type Book
Published in Oct 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786462251
Pages 418 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
Profile icon Gaston C. Hillar

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Building RESTful Python Web Services
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Developing RESTful APIs with Django 2. Working with Class-Based Views and Hyperlinked APIs in Django 3. Improving and Adding Authentication to an API With Django 4. Throttling, Filtering, Testing, and Deploying an API with Django 5. Developing RESTful APIs with Flask 6. Working with Models, SQLAlchemy, and Hyperlinked APIs in Flask 7. Improving and Adding Authentication to an API with Flask 8. Testing and Deploying an API with Flask 9. Developing RESTful APIs with Tornado 10. Working with Asynchronous Code, Testing, and Deploying an API with Tornado 11. Exercise Answers

Creating and configuring the database


Now, we will create the PostgreSQL database that we will use as a repository for our API. You will have to download and install a PostgreSQL database in case you aren't already running it in your computer or in a development server. You can download and install this database management system from its web page: http://www.postgresql.org. In case you are working with macOS, Postgres.app provides a really easy way to install and use PostgreSQL on this operating system: http://postgresapp.com:

Tip

You have to make sure that the PostgreSQL bin folder is included in the PATH environmental variable. You should be able to execute the psql command-line utility from your current Terminal or Command Prompt. In case the folder isn't included in the PATH, you will receive an error indicating that the pg_config file cannot be found when trying to install the psycopg2 package. In addition, you will have to use the full path to each of the PostgreSQL command-line tools...

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