api: Migrate to Flask Restful

This change updates the API to use Flask Restful instead of our own
in-house REST library. This change reduces the maintenance effort and
allows us to drastically simplify the API implementation needed for the
OpenDC v2 API.

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/opendc-web/opendc-web-api/opendc/util.py b/opendc-web/opendc-web-api/opendc/util.py
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+#  Copyright (c) 2021 AtLarge Research
+#
+#  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+#  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+#  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+#  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+#  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+#  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+#  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+#  copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+#  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+#  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+#  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+#  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+#  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+#  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+#  SOFTWARE.
+
+import flask
+from bson.objectid import ObjectId
+
+
+class JSONEncoder(flask.json.JSONEncoder):
+    """
+    A customized JSON encoder to handle unsupported types.
+    """
+    def default(self, o):
+        if isinstance(o, ObjectId):
+            return str(o)
+        return flask.json.JSONEncoder.default(self, o)