Flask App With Neon Serverless Postgres

Installation

You can install the application by following these steps

Step 1: Clone The Github Project

Open your command line too (CLI) and paste this command into it:

git clone https://github.com/ade555/flask-app-with-neon-serverless.git

Step 2: Set up Environment Variables

In the root directory, create a file called .env. Next, copy the variable names in the env_sample file, and replace the values with your database url and branched database url from Neon.

Running The Project

You can run the project by typing this command in your CLI:

flask --app app run --debug

Endpoint

The project has a single CREATE endpoint.

Base URL: http://127.0.0.1:5000/

Add Book

• Endpoint: /add_book/
• HTTP Method: POST
• Description: Creates a new book in the database.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
title	string	Title of the book to create in the database	Yes

Request Body:

{
    "title": "The Lion King"
}

Responses:

• 201 Created: Successfully created a new book in the database.
• 400 Bad Request: Invalid input or malformed request.
• 500 Internal Server Error: Unexpected server error.