galileo

Python FRED data side project

Getting started

TODO

Files

• .env: Defines environment variables (secrets, keys, etc.).
• config.yml: Config variables. Also currently defines the FRED series to pull, which maybe should live elsewhere.
• requirements.txt: TODO Package dependencies.

app

• app.py: Main entry and exit point to the app.
• service.py: Converts request into a response.
• models.py: Handles everything database related (connections, pulling series).
• settings.py: Currently just pulls in env variables. Might be superfluous.

Resources:

• GitHub markdown
• Flask
• FRED api docs
• A useful Python FRED API (github.com/mortada/fredapi)
• More mortada fred API examples
• Another Python FRED API (github.com/avelkoski/FRB)
• Dash
• Simple Flask webapp tutorial at medium.com/bhavaniravi
• Simple webapp tutorial at realpython.com (not flask)
• A little bulkier tutorial on building a RESTful CRUD app with Flask and react at okta.com