Coding a REST API With Python

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Complete source code can be found here: https://github.com/ericjaychi/sample-rest-api

Before we go into building the actual application, we need to take a quick step back to understand at a very high level what a REST API is. Ironically, REST APIs are not something new. It has been around since the year 2000 but has been very popular recently with the rise of JavaScript libraries. If you are curious about all…