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Python API Development Fundamentals

Python API Development Fundamentals

By : Chan, Ray Chung , Jack Huang
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Python API Development Fundamentals

Python API Development Fundamentals

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By: Chan, Ray Chung , Jack Huang

Overview of this book

Python is a flexible language that can be used for much more than just script development. By knowing the Python RESTful APIs work, you can build a powerful backend for web applications and mobile applications using Python. You'll take your first steps by building a simple API and learning how the frontend web interface can communicate with the backend. You'll also learn how to serialize and deserialize objects using the marshmallow library. Then, you'll learn how to authenticate and authorize users using Flask-JWT. You'll also learn how to enhance your APIs by adding useful features, such as email, image upload, searching, and pagination. You'll wrap up the whole book by deploying your APIs to the cloud. By the end of this book, you'll have the confidence and skill to leverage the power of RESTful APIs and Python to build efficient web applications.
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API Rate Limiting

When we provide an API service, we need to ensure fair usage for every user so that the system resources are effectively and fairly serving all. We want to make sure that the majority of users are getting good server performance; therefore, we need to apply restrictions. By limiting a small number of high-traffic users, we can make sure that the majority of users are satisfied.

The way to do that is to set a limit per user. For example, we can limit the number of requests per user to be no more than 100 per second. This number will be enough for the normal usage of our API. If there is any particular case where a user is firing 100+ requests per second, the excess requests will not be handled. This is to reserve system resources (such as CPU processing and bandwidth resources) for other users.

To achieve this, we introduce the concept of rate-limiting. By limiting the "rate" of our API service per user, we guarantee that the majority of our users are...

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