Example for testing a rest api using python request + flask

1. Install virtualenv

$ sudo apt-get install virtuaenv

2. Virtualenv configuration

2.1 Generate virtualenv config $ virtualenv .

2.2 Activate virtualenv $ source bin/activate

3. Install python packages

$ pip install flask

$ pip install flask-httpauth

$ pip install Flask-API

$ pip install requests

To execute unit tests:

1. Start flask rest server (rest server run on localhost:5000): $ python app.py
2. Run unittest: $ python rest_tester.py