JS/Python/Flask Full Stack and User profile

Under UserAPI there are nested classes Security and CRUD.

CRUD operations

CRUD is an acronym related to the basic operations done on data within a database

• Create: POST requests

• Creates new user with input data

• Performs error checking

• Sets up user object -> adds to user database

• Read: GET requests

• Handles user retrieval requests

• Data -> JSON + response

• Update: PUT/PATCH requests

• Updates based on user input

• Commits changes to user database

• This is done with the PUT request

• Delete: DELETE requests

• Handles user delete requests

• Deletes user from database

Security

• Validates data through HTTP POST requests

• Find user id and checks validity of entered password with that stored

• JSON response with authentication status, ex. Login if valid, and no login in invalid

• Not necessarily authorization - authentication allows login while authorization allows access to a certain resource

Uses of HTTP requests in our code

• Create request used for the addition of new users

• Post-request displays are user data table

• Put request implemented to update user information

• Delete request removes specified users