Lab: Building a Front-to-Back Event Catalog

Learning Goals

• Serve a homepage using Flask
• Create API routes that return and accept JSON
• Handle GET and POST requests on the back end
• Connect a Flask back end to a static front end
• Pass all provided back end tests

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Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

git clone <repo-url>
cd course-8-module-6-connect-client-server-lab

2. Create Your Environment

Using Pipenv:

pipenv install
pipenv shell

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Running the App

python server.py

Then open client/index.html in your browser to view the frontend.

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Running the Tests

To check your work, run:

pytest

All tests must pass to complete the lab.

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Your Tasks

• Implement the / route to return a welcome message in JSON
• Implement a GET /events route that returns all event data
• Implement a POST /events route that accepts a new event and returns it with status 201
• Return a 400 Bad Request if required data is missing in a POST

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File Structure

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├── client/
│   ├── index.html
│   ├── styles.css
│   └── script.js
├── server.py
├── tests/
│   └── test_app.py
├── Pipfile
├── Pipfile.lock
├── README.md

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Good luck! 🚀