Python REST API Tutorial for Beginners | How to Build a Flask REST API

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Web Dev Roadmap for Beginners (Free!): https://bit.ly/DaveGrayWebDevRoadmap In this Python REST API Tutorial for Beginners you will learn how to build a Flask REST API. A key skill for backend web development is learning how to build a REST API. I'll use Python with Flask to show you how. 💖 Support me on Patreon ➜ https://patreon.com/davegray ⭐ Become a full-stack dev with Zero To Mastery Courses: - The Complete Python Developer: https://bit.ly/CompPythonDev - Complete Machine Learning & Data Science: https://bit.ly/CompMachineLearning - Junior to Senior Dev Roadmap: https://bit.ly/WebDevRoadmap-JrtoSr 🚩 Subscribe ➜ https://bit.ly/3nGHmNn 📬 Course Updates ➜ https://courses.davegray.codes/ 🚀 Discord ➜ https://discord.gg/neKghyefqh ☕ Buy Me A Coffee ➜ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/davegray 👇 Follow Me On Social Media: GitHub: https://github.com/gitdagray Twitter: https://twitter.com/yesdavidgray LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidagray/ 🔗 Source Code: https://github.com/gitdagray/python-flask-rest-api Python REST API Tutorial for Beginners | How to Build a Flask REST API: (00:00) Intro (00:12) Welcome (00:38) Tutorial Prerequisites (00:53) What is REST? What is an API? (03:07) REST API Diagram (04:27) Virtual Environment set up (07:19) Install Dependencies (09:56) A Simple REST API (12:38) Modeling Data & Creating the Database (17:19) Flask Restful (18:26) Define args with RequestParser (19:51) /api/users Resource Endpoint (21:54) Marshalling / Serializable JSON Data (24:00) POST Data (30:17) /api/users/id Resource Endpoint (33:22) Update & Delete Data 📺 Video References: 🔗 Python Full Course for Beginners: https://youtu.be/H2EJuAcrZYU 📚 Tutorial References: 🔗 MDN REST: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/REST 🔗 MDN API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/API 🔗 Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ 🔗 Python: https://www.python.org/ 🔗 git & git bash: https://www.git-scm.com/downloads 🔗 Flask: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/ 🔗 Flask Restful: https://flask-restful.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ 🔗 Flask SQLAlchemy: https://flask-sqlalchemy.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/ Was this Python REST API tutorial for beginners helpful? If so, please share. Let me know your thoughts in the comments. #python #rest #api