This project implements a Python-based microservice REST API using Flask and SQLite.

Main code is in the file microservice.py, the init_db.py is an auxiliary script initialize the database. Both scripts work with database in current directory.

Data are stored in database file movies.db.

Shell script test.sh contains series of commented sample commands to interact with the API using curl.

The API uses TCP port 8080 by default.

Simply use prepared Makefile rules:

make install
make run

and then either connect to the API by web browser on port 8080 or use prepared script test.sh.

Makefile rules for building the Docker image and running it:

make install
sudo make docker_image
sudo make run_docker

The project is built upon Python 3.11.4, Flask and SQLite. For SQLite, Python library pysqlite is used, as version in Docker image for Python 3.11.4 does not support the STRICT table option, used in this project.

The test script uses address specified in variable host on the first line. It fills the database with sample data and tests edge cases.