✨ Add new endpoint for Election constants (#56)

Author: rkorsak

app/api/v1/endpoints/election.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-from electionguard.election import ElectionDescription
+from electionguard.election import ElectionDescription, ElectionConstants
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
 from os.path import realpath, join
 from typing import Any
+from app.utils.serialize import write_json_object
 
 
 router = APIRouter()
@@ -11,6 +12,15 @@
 READ = "r"
 
 
+@router.get("/constants")
+def get_election_constants() -> Any:
+    """
+    Return the constants defined for an election
+    """
+    constants = ElectionConstants()
+    return write_json_object(constants)
+
+
 @router.get("/description")
 def get_default_election_description() -> Any:
     """

tests/ElectionGuard Web Api.postman_collection.json

@@ -117,6 +117,26 @@
 						}
 					},
 					"response": []
+				},
+				{
+					"name": "Get Election Constants",
+					"request": {
+						"method": "GET",
+						"header": [],
+						"url": {
+							"raw": "{{url}}/api/{{version}}/election/constants",
+							"host": [
+								"{{url}}"
+							],
+							"path": [
+								"api",
+								"{{version}}",
+								"election",
+								"constants"
+							]
+						}
+					},
+					"response": []
 				}
 			],
 			"protocolProfileBehavior": {}