1. Your First Step

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

• Replicate the concepts of RESTful API
• Describe the meaning of different HTTP methods and statuses
• Get hands-on experience on PyCharm IDE
• Build a RESTful API and execute CRUD using Flask
• Use JSON messages to communicate with the APIs
• Test API endpoints using Postman and httpie/curl command-line tools

This chapter introduces API and explains the concepts of web services, API and REST.