Users API in Python
Install docker and run the following command:
docker-compose up -d --build
This will create three containers:
app_main: the back end Python HTTP based APIapp_test: tests for the back end APIdb: PostgreSQL database for data persistence
By default the API is served on port 3001. If needed this can can be
changed in the docker/app_main.Dockerfile CMD line, and updating the
docker-compose.yml ports option in app_main.
Once up and running you can explore the API using tools such as Insomnia, and browse the documentation to learn more.
After the app_test is finished you can view its logs to see how the
tests went. The initial run of the container may result in test
failures as it depends on the live db container which may not have
started yet. Instead just restart the app_test container to rerun the
tests. This should also be done when the source code is changed.