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Full Stack Trivia API Backend

Getting Started

Installing Dependencies

Python 3.7

Follow instructions to install the latest version of python for your platform in the python docs

Virtual Enviornment

We recommend working within a virtual environment whenever using Python for projects. This keeps your dependencies for each project separate and organaized. Instructions for setting up a virual enviornment for your platform can be found in the python docs

PIP Dependencies

Once you have your virtual environment setup and running, install dependencies by naviging to the /backend directory and running:

pip install -r requirements.txt

This will install all of the required packages we selected within the requirements.txt file.

Key Dependencies

  • Flask is a lightweight backend microservices framework. Flask is required to handle requests and responses.

  • SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and ORM we'll use handle the lightweight sqlite database. You'll primarily work in app.py and can reference models.py.

  • Flask-CORS is the extension we'll use to handle cross origin requests from our frontend server.

Database Setup

With Postgres running, restore a database using the trivia.psql file provided. From the backend folder in terminal run:

psql trivia < trivia.psql

Running the server

From within the backend directory first ensure you are working using your created virtual environment.

To run the server, execute:

export FLASK_APP=flaskr
export FLASK_ENV=development
flask run

Setting the FLASK_ENV variable to development will detect file changes and restart the server automatically.

Setting the FLASK_APP variable to flaskr directs flask to use the flaskr directory and the __init__.py file to find the application.

Endpoints
GET '/categories' , '/questions' , '/categories/<int:category_id>/questions'
POST ... '/questions' , '/questions/search', '/quizzes'
DELETE ... '/questions/<int:questions_id>'
GET '/categories'
- Fetches a dictionary of categories in which the keys are the ids and the value is the corresponding string of the category
- Request Arguments: None
- Returns: An object with a single key, categories, that contains a object of id: category_string key:value pairs. 
{'1' : "Science",
'2' : "Art",
'3' : "Geography",
'4' : "History",
'5' : "Entertainment",
'6' : "Sports"}
GET '/questions'
- Fetches a dictionary of questions and paginate it with page argument 
- Request Arguments: ?page=
- curl http://localhost:3000/questions?page=1  
Returns: 
categories	Object { 1: "Science", 2: "Art", 3: "Geography", … }
questions	[ {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…} ]
success	true
total_questions	16
GET '/categories/<int:category_id>/questions''
- Fetches a dictionary of questions related to the categories 
- Request Arguments: category_id , 
- curl http://localhost:3000/categories/5/questions 
Returns:  
{current_category: Entertainment,
questions:[ {…}, {…}, {…} ],
success	:true,
total_questions	: 3}
POST '/questions''
- Create a New Question
- Request Arguments: question,answer,difficulty ,category
- curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/questions -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"question":"What is the heaviest organ in the human body?","answer":"The Liver","difficulty":4,"category":"1"}' 
Response:  
{
  "message": "The Question Created", 
  "success": true
}
POST '/questions/search'
- Search for Questions 
- Request Arguments: searchTerm
- curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/questions/search -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"searchTerm":"did"}' 
Response:  
{  "questions": [
    {
      "answer": "Tom Cruise","category": 5, "difficulty": 4, "id": 4, 
      "question": "What actor did author Anne Rice first denounce, then praise in the role of her beloved Lestat?"
    }, 
    {
      "answer": "One","category": 2, "difficulty": 4, "id": 18, 
      "question": "How many paintings did Van Gogh sell in his lifetime?"
    }
  ], 
  "success": true, 
  "total_questions": 20
}
POST '/quizzes'
- play quizzes ( get a question and answer baised on category and previous questions )
- Request Arguments: [previous_questions] , quiz_category:{type,id}
- curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/quizzes -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"previous_questions":[],"quiz_category":{"type":"History","id":"4"}}' 
Response :-
{
  "question": {
    "answer": "Scarab", 
    "category": 4, 
    "difficulty": 4, 
    "id": 23, 
    "question": "Which dung beetle was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians?"
  }, 
  "success": true
}
DELETE '/questions/<int:questions_id>'
- DELETE a Question 
- Request Arguments: id 
- curl -X DELETE http://localhost:3000/questions/1 -H "Content-Type: application/json" 
Response :- 
 {
  "message": "The Question deleted", 
  "success": true
}

Testing

To run the tests, run

dropdb trivia_test
createdb trivia_test
psql trivia_test < trivia.psql
python test_flaskr.py