This repository provides a simple tutorial on building a Flask API with CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) enabled. The tutorial explains the concepts of CORS and demonstrates how to implement CORS in a Flask API. The API serves as a foundation for developing web applications that require cross-origin requests.

You can find a detailed step-by-step tutorial about this repository on our blog: Flask API with CORS Tutorial

• Sets up a basic Flask API with routes for handling requests.
• Implements CORS to allow cross-origin requests from specific origins.
• Provides an example route for retrieving data.

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/riad-azz/flask-api-cors-tutorial.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd flask-api-cors-tutorial

3. Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv myenv

4. Activate the virtual environment:

For Mac/Linux:

source myenv/bin/activate

For Windows:

myenv\Scripts\activate

5. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

1. Start the Flask API:

python app.py

2. Access the API using a web browser or a tool like cURL or Postman:

curl http://localhost:5000/api/data

This endpoint returns a JSON response containing a list of random people as dummy data.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.