Instant JSON API

Create instant API endpoints for your JSON files.

Simply place your JSON files in the folder and run python app.py. The default port is 9001 but you can change it by passing a port number on run, ie python app.py port=8000.

API endpoint: localhost:9001/api/<filename>

Example Endpoint

Filename: hello-world.json

API endpoint: localhost:9001/api/hello-world

Use Case

Save time when working on personal projects to generate an API without having to set up a back end or database. Just write a JSON file instead.

Caveats

If you decide to add additional JSON files to the folder, you will need to rerun the server.

Additionally, only GET requests are supported.

Requirements

Currently works with Python 2 and 3.

• Flask
• Flask-CORS

pip install -r requirements.txt

Use with Flask

Build the wheel file and import it your current Flask project.

from instant_json_api import InstantJsonApi
from flask import Flask


app = Flask(__name__)
InstantJsonApi(app)

Note

There will be conflicts if you have wildcard routes such as: @app.route('/<first_slug>/<second_slug>', methods=['GET'])

Instant JSON API generated routes look like this /api/<filename>.