IDRC

I Don't Really Care (IDRC): Auto APIs for lazy people

Table of Contents

• IRDC
  • Installation
  • Usage
  • IDRC vs Flask

Installation

IDRC can be installed via pip like so:

pip3 install idrc

Usage

IDRC can integrate with any function. For example:

from idrc import idrc

# Initialize the idrc class
api = idrc(verbose=True)

# Simulate a weather database
weather_data = {
    "New York": {"temperature": 25, "condition": "Sunny"},
    "Los Angeles": {"temperature": 30, "condition": "Cloudy"},
    "Chicago": {"temperature": 18, "condition": "Rainy"}
}

# Define a weather forecast function
def get_weather(city: str) -> dict:
    forecast = weather_data.get(city, None)
    if forecast:
        return forecast
    else:
        return api.ecode(404, 'City not found')

# Register the function as an API endpoint
api.define(get_weather, methods=['GET'])

# Run the idrc API
if __name__ == '__main__':
    api.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000, debug=True)

The define function in the idrc library generated the api.

The Flask equivalent of the code above is:

from flask import Flask, request, jsonify

# Initialize the Flask app
app = Flask(__name__)

# Simulate a weather database
weather_data = {
    "New York": {"temperature": 25, "condition": "Sunny"},
    "Los Angeles": {"temperature": 30, "condition": "Cloudy"},
    "Chicago": {"temperature": 18, "condition": "Rainy"}
}

# Define a weather forecast function
@app.route('/api/v1/get_weather', methods=['GET'])
def get_weather():
    city = request.args.get('city')
    if not city:
        return jsonify({"error": "City parameter is required"}), 400

    forecast = weather_data.get(city)
    if forecast:
        return jsonify(forecast)
    else:
        return jsonify({"error": "City not found"}),404

# Run the Flask app
if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000, debug=True)

IDRC condensed 27 lines of code into 25 lines of code, with much less typing overall.

IDRC vs Flask

Advantages of IDRC

• Rapid API development
• Very Simple
• Built-in error handling
• Lightweight wrapper of Flask
• Pretty terminal output

Advantages of Flask

• Mature framework
• Large community
• Flexible and extensible
• Extensive documentation
• Stack traces