REST API with Flask (Advanced)

Build powerful backends! Learn to create a complete REST API with authentication, validation, and documentation.

Build powerful backends! Learn to create a complete REST API with authentication, validation, and documentation.

What is a REST API? (concepts + real-life examples)

HTTP requests (GET, POST)

Workshop: test a public API with requests

Install and launch a Flask server

Define a /hello route

Exercise: simple “friends notebook” API

Receive data with POST

Respond in JSON

Challenge: create an API that stores and returns a task list

Developer & Instructor

I build robust and scalable APIs. Learn to make your code talk to the rest of the world!

6 days ago

My mobile app now communicates with my own backend. So proud!

It’s a standardized way for programs to communicate over HTTP. It’s the foundation of modern web development.

That’s exactly what it’s for! Your API can serve data to iOS, Android, or web apps.

01 What is a REST API?