TaskFlow — REST API & Automated Testing

A simple Task Management REST API built with Python and Flask, with an automated test suite using pytest.

Technologies

• Python
• Flask
• REST API
• pytest
• Git & GitHub

Features

• Create tasks
• Retrieve tasks
• Update tasks
• Delete tasks
• Input validation
• Error handling
• Automated API testing

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/tasks	Get all tasks
GET	/tasks/<id>	Get a specific task
POST	/tasks	Create a task
PUT	/tasks/<id>	Update a task
DELETE	/tasks/<id>	Delete a task

Testing

The project includes automated tests covering:

• Successful API requests
• Invalid inputs
• Missing task titles
• Non-existent tasks
• Invalid task IDs
• API response validation
• HTTP status codes
• Edge cases
• Regression testing
• Test fixtures and test isolation

Run the Project

Create and activate a virtual environment, then install the dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the Flask application:

python app.py

The API will be available at:

http://127.0.0.1:5000

Run Tests

Run the complete automated test suite:

pytest -v

Test Results

The project currently contains 10 automated tests covering:

• CRUD API operations
• Valid and invalid requests
• Edge cases
• API response validation
• HTTP status codes
• Test fixtures
• Test isolation
• Regression scenarios

All tests are passing successfully.

10 passed