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How to Build an API With Python Flask and Poetry
If you’ve been working with Python and want to develop APIs, you’re likely familiar with Flask, a lightweight web framework. Flask provides all the essentials you need to get a web server up and running with minimal overhead. For dependency management, though, we’ll use Poetry. Poetry is an amazing dependency manager that simplifies handling project dependencies and streamlines virtual environment management. This guide will walk you through setting up a simple API with Flask using Poetry for package management.
Step 1: Set Up Your Project
The first step is to create your project folder and initialize it with Poetry.
Install Poetry
If you haven’t installed Poetry yet, you can install it in many ways,
- Using pipx
pipx install poetry- Using curl
curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -you can always check their official page for more details, but if you are using Mac OS, I have a post explaining how to install Poetry which you can read from here: How to install Poetry in MacOS.
Once installed, you can confirm by checking the installed version:
poetry --version
