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Python API Development Fundamentals

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

By: Jack 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.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

6: Email Confirmations

Activity 9: Testing the Complete User Registration and Activation Workflow

Solution

  1. We will first register a new user through Postman. Click on the Collections tab and choose the POST UserList request.
  2. Select the Body tab and then select the raw radio button and choose JSON (application/json) from the drop-down list.
  3. Put in the following user details (in JSON format) in the Body field. Change the username and password to the appropriate one:
    {
        "username": "john",
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "password": "Kwq2z5"
    }
  4. Send the request. You should see the following output:
    Figure 6.10: Registering a user through Postman

    You should see the new user details (ID = 4) in the response, with HTTP status 201 OK. That means the new user was created successfully in the backend.

  5. Log in through the API and click on...