Flask Has a Free Micro-Framework That Lets You Build Python APIs in 10 Lines
Flask is a lightweight Python web framework. It gives you routing, templating, and a dev server — then gets out of your way. What You Get for Free Minimal core — only what you need Jinja2 templates — powerful template engine Werkzeug — robust WSGI toolkit underneath Extensions — Flask-SQLAlchemy, Flask-Login, Flask-CORS Blueprints — modular application components Hello World API from flask import Flask , jsonify app = Flask ( __name__ ) @app.route ( ' /api/hello ' ) def hello (): return jsonify ({ ' message ' : ' Hello World ' }) if __name__ == ' __main__ ' : app . run ( debug = True ) Flask vs Django Feature Flask Django Philosophy Micro Batteries-included Learning curve Lower Higher Admin panel No (add-on) Built-in Best for APIs, microservices Full web apps Tips Use Flask-RESTful or Flask-RESTX for REST APIs Use Gunicorn for production (not built-in server) Structure with Blueprints from day one Need Python API development? Check my work on GitHub or email spinov001@gmail.com for con
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