EOSC Performance API

This is the main web application package for the EOSC Performance Application Program Interface (API).

The application is developed using python and flask as main engines. By default, Flask does not provide database or specific web abstraction layers. API and any other functionality such database or authentication are handled by independent libraries and extension.

create_app(config_base='backend.settings', **settings_override)

Create application factory, as explained here: http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/patterns/appfactories

Parameters

config_base (str, optional) – Configuration object, defaults to “backend.settings”

Returns

EOSC Performance API instance

Return type

flask.app.Flask

The EOSC Performance API is composed by the following main components:

• Settings module: Configuration variables from environment

• Extensions module: Flask additional components

• Models package: Database models and tables used by the API

• Routes package: URL routes and controller methods

• Schemas package: Defined OpenAPI schemas to interface the API

• Authorization module: Authorization methods to access the API

• Notifications module: Notification functions for email messages

• Utils package: Group of tools to simplify internal components