X-CloneBackend

This is the backend for the cloning of X (formally known as Twitter).

Python Version: 3.11.3 (64-bit or 34-bit)

THIS IS THE BACKEND OF THE XCLONE
AND THIS CAN BE USED AS A GUIDE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE BACKEND

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Libraries Used

• Flask

Language: Python

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Steps

STEP I

Install the required libraries:

pip install -r requirements.txt

We need to install the libraries to be able to use the RESTFUL API structures (GET, POST, PATCH, PUT, DELETE).

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STEP II

Import Flask from the flask library and instantiate it with the app variable. You can put any name you want for the variable.

We use __name__ to get the name of the Python file for the server to run when using VS Code, PyCharm, or any IDE.

app = Flask(name)

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STEP III

In this step, we will use the decorator and the router function to create RESTful endpoints.

Example:

@app.route("/status", methods=["GET"])

We added the /status path and assigned it the method GET since we are only retrieving values and not sending values.

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STEP IV

Run the file with:

flask run ||
flask --app index run 

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UNITTEST WEEK1

i am using python's pytest library for the unittesting. I have written a single unittest for the /status endpoint the only thing that i am checking is for a 200 status_code response