Serverless Framework Python Flask API service backed by DynamoDB on AWS

Python Flask API service, backed by DynamoDB, running on AWS Lambda using the traditional Serverless Framework.

Endpoints requested:

  • GET /favourite_company/<org_id>

    List all items with the org_id provided.

  • POST /favourite_company/create

    Method to create an item in the database.

Example:

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -u username:apikey -X POST https://woo6lrrukc.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/api/favourite_company/create -d '{"org_id": "amazon", "favourite_org_id": "facebook"}'

Extra endpoints:

  • GET /favourite_companies

    List all items of the table.

  • DELETE /favourite_company/delete/<org_id>/<favourite_org_id>

    Delete the item of the database with the org_id and the favourite_org_id provided.

Development

sls wsgi serve

Deploy:

sls deploy

Configuration AWS credentials for serverless framework:

serverless config credentials --provider aws --key {key} --secret {secret}

Check the credentials:

cat ~/.aws/credentials

Serverless plugins used:

To install them:

serverless plugin install -n serverless-python-requirements
serverless plugin install -n serverless-wsgi
serverless plugin install -n serverless-basic-authentication

GitHub

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