Books Management API

A RESTful API for managing books, built with Flask, Flask-RESTful, SQLAlchemy, and secured with HTTP Basic Authentication.

⚡ Note: There is an explanation to install this API below for developers, however you don't need to install anything to try this API!
An online demo is available here: Live API Deployment (See below for usage instructions and example requests.)

Features

• CRUD operations for book records
• Data validation for integrity
• Basic authentication for all endpoints
• Dockerized for easy deployment

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Getting Started

❗ Important: All endpoints require HTTP Basic Auth:

Here is the default username and password for the authentication if you want to change this look for the "users" object in the app.py file.

• Username: admin
• Password: password123

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/books	List all books
POST	/books	Add a new book
GET	/books/<book_id>	Get a specific book
PUT	/books/<book_id>	Update a book
DELETE	/books/<book_id>	Delete a book

Examples

1. GET (List all books)

   curl -u admin:password123 http://localhost:5000

2. POST (Add a new book)

   curl -u admin:password123 -X POST http://localhost:500 \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -d '{
       "title": "The Pragmatic Programmer",
       "author": "Andrew Hunt",
       "published_year": 1999,
       "isbn": "9780201616224"
     }'

3. GET (Get a specific book)

   curl -u admin:password123 http://localhost:5000/books/<book_id>

4. PUT (Update a book)

   curl -u admin:password123 -X PUT http://localhost:5000/books/<book_id> \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "title": "The Pragmatic Programmer (Updated)",
       "author": "Andrew Hunt",
       "published_year": 1999,
       "isbn": "9780201616224"
     }'

5. DELETE (Delete a book)

   curl -u admin:password123 -X DELETE http://localhost:5000/books/<book_id>

Installation

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/Eduardo-J-Morales/Books-Management-API.git
   cd Books-Management-API

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the app:

   python app.py

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.