I built this proof of concept (POC) for another project someone else was working on. They had built a basic RESTful API using Flask. But needed to add authentication and HTTPS support. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to go from zero to a basic RESTful API with TLS HTTPS and authentication via URL argument or headers. I'm writing this post to demonstrate how easy it truly is to setup a simple, safe and secure RESTful API using Flask. Step 1 Install Python I'll skip the steps on how to install Python. But I will just say that I got this working easily with both Python 2.7 on Linux and Python 3.5 on Windows. Step 2 Install Flask and clone my repo Flask is also easy to install by following their Quickstart Installation Guide. However, stop before doing the "mkdir myproject" step and clone my " flask-api-key " repo instead. Step 3 Activate a venv Then do: $ cd flask-api-key $ virtualenv venv New python executa...
The data is beginning to paint an interesting picture about the relationship between security and developer happiness. The 2020 DevSecOps survey from Sonatype indicates that happy developers are 3.6 times less likely to neglect security in their code. And 2.3 times more likely to set up automated security tools, and 1.3 times more likely to follow open source security policies. In addition, developers working within a mature DevOps practice are 1.5 times more likely to enjoy their work, and 1.6 times more likely to recommend their employer to their peers. These last conclusions about the relationship between DevOps maturity and developer happiness are also supported in multiple versions of the DORA State of DevOps survey data. Businesses actually want five things from developers, but usually only ask for one and assume the other four take care of themselves. What they want, and ask for the most are new features. The next ask is improvements in new feature velocity. Rarely do they...
I built this proof of concept (POC) for another project someone else was working on. They had built a basic RESTful API using Flask. But needed to add authentication and HTTPS support. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to go from zero to a basic RESTful API with TLS HTTPS and authentication via URL argument or headers. I'm writing this post to demonstrate how easy it truly is to setup a simple, safe and secure RESTful API using Flask. Step 1 Install Python I'll skip the steps on how to install Python. But I will just say that I got this working easily with both Python 2.7 on Linux and Python 3.5 on Windows. Step 2 Install Flask and clone my repo Flask is also easy to install by following their Quickstart Installation Guide. However, stop before doing the "mkdir myproject" step and clone my " flask-api-key " repo instead. Step 3 Activate a venv Then do: $ cd flask-api-key $ virtualenv venv New python execut...
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