Thanks anuvrat, My first question was, Should I use only flask to develop REST API like in this example https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/api-pycon2015
or fask + flask_restful ? On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Anuvrat Parashar <anuv...@anuvrat.in> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 2:06 PM, anu sree <anusree....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I want to develop an API server (don't need GUI). > > I am planning to use flask to develop this UI less API server. > > > > Question-1: > > I have seen an example here > > https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/api-pycon2015 > > But above example does not use flask_restful extension. > > Here I need your help to take decision, Should I use with flask_restful > > extension ? > > > > There are quite a few extensions for making restful apis - flask-restful, > flask-restless etc ... > While researching also consider python-eve > https://github.com/nicolaiarocci/eve > > > > what are the benefits of using flask_restful extension? > > > > Question-1: > > When I start or restart api server, it should fetch huge data from > > somewhere (Eg:database) and process it in separate thread (it also make > > some rest api call different services during the processing). > > I am planning to create a thread inside the api server using *gevent* to > do > > this while starting the api server, is it right decision? > > This fetching and processing of data should not affect the other > operation > > of the API server, that is I should able to make rest api call > > to api server while it fetching and processing the data. > > > > For this deferred processing too you have various options namely: gevent, > celery, twisted etc ... > > Sharing more information on what you are trying to accomplish would enable > people here to suggest better solutions. > Peace. > > > > > Thanks, > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > > > -- > Anuvrat Parashar <http://anuvrat.in> > http://anuvrat.in > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
