A simple Flask API that serves a random Rick and Morty quote from quotes.json.

You can run this project either with Docker (recommended) or directly with Python.

• Docker
• Docker Compose (v2)

• Python 3.10+
• pip

Build and run the container:

docker build -t rick-morty-python-api .
docker run --rm -p 5000:5000 rick-morty-python-api

Then call the API:

curl http://localhost:5000/

Optional query param:

curl "http://localhost:5000/?seed=123"

docker compose up --build

Then call the API:

curl http://localhost:8888/

Optional query param:

curl "http://localhost:8888/?seed=123"

python3 -m venv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
PYTHONPATH=src python -m app.app

Then call the API:

curl http://localhost:5000/

• GET / returns a random quote
• GET /health returns a simple health check
• POST /reload reloads quotes.json

Examples:

curl http://localhost:5000/health
curl -X POST http://localhost:5000/reload

Error behavior:

• If the quotes file is missing or invalid, GET / and POST /reload return 503 with an error message.

Client -> Flask API (src/app/app.py)
            |
            +-> QuoteStore (src/app/quotes.py)
                   |
                   +-> quotes.json

All responses include:

• source: API identifier
• request_id: request correlation id

GET / also includes:

• quote: the quote text
• count: total quote count

Sample response:

{
  "quote": "Wubba Lubba Dub-Dub!",
  "count": 42,
  "source": "rick-morty",
  "request_id": "6f5d2f9a-0c70-4c15-9c79-2a2a0b4f2e5f"
}

Environment variables:

• QUOTES_PATH: path to quotes.json (default: quotes.json)
• QUOTES_AUTO_RELOAD: auto-reload if file changes (true/false, default: false)
• DEBUG: Flask debug mode (true/false, default: false)
• PORT: server port (default: 5000)

To set a custom request id, pass the X-Request-Id header.

• src/app: Flask app package
• tests: pytest tests
• quotes.json: quote data

Configs are in pyproject.toml. Install tools if you want to run them locally:

python -m pip install black ruff
black src tests
ruff check src tests

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
pytest