Simple Web API for Adding Numbers

This function defines a simple web API that accepts POST requests in JSON format, containing two numbers, and returns their sum.

Technology Stack : Bottle

Code Type : Web API

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
from bottle import route, run, request, response

def xxx(arg1, arg2):
    @route('/add', method='POST')
    def add():
        num1 = request.json.get('num1')
        num2 = request.json.get('num2')
        if num1 is None or num2 is None:
            response.status = 400
            return "Missing 'num1' or 'num2' in JSON body"
        result = num1 + num2
        response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
        return {'result': result}

# Running the Bottle web server
run(host='localhost', port=8080)