Flask Order Management Application

This project is a simple Flask application for managing orders and items. It demonstrates the usage of a factory function to create the Flask application, grouping routes using Blueprints, and using SQLite3 as the database.

Features

• Create, read, and delete orders
• Each order can contain multiple items
• Uses SQLite3 as the database
• Organized code structure with factory function and Blueprints

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Flask
• SQLite3

Running the Application

1. Activate the virtual environment:

   source venv/bin/activate

2. Set the Flask application:

   export FLASK_APP=flask-orders-api
   export FLASK_ENV=development

3. Run the application:

   flask run

Example Usage with cURL

Create an Order

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/create -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"CustomerID": "C001", "Items": "Item1, Item2", "ShippedAt": "2023-06-11 12:00:00", "CompletedAt": "2023-06-15 15:00:00"}'

Get an Order

curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:5000/list/1

Delete an Order

curl -X DELETE http://127.0.0.1:5000/delete/1

Docker container

Build the Docker Image

docker buildx build -t flask-orders-api .

Note: docker-buildx is new and recommended builder to use for building docker images.

Run the Docker Container

docker run -p 5000:5000 flask-orders-api:latest