An implementation of Atbash and Caesar cipher algorithm as a Flask application.
In this repository, Python 3.8.2 was used and it is recommended to create a virtual environment to isolate the dependencies used by this module.
$ virtualenv cipher-env
$ source ./cipher-env/Scripts/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
We implement the Atbash and Caesar cipher algorithms. To use these algorithms, we have the following view functions:
/atbash/encryptfor Atbash encryption. The request parameter for this function istext./atbash/decryptfor Atbash decryption. The request parameter for this function istext./caesar/encryptfor Caesar encryption. The request parameters for this function aretextandkey./caesar/decryptfor Caesar decryption. The request parameters for this function aretextandkey.
To run this app, we can use flask command
$ export FLASK_APP=api.py
$ flask run
We can also use python -m flask
$ export FLASK_APP=api.py
$ python -m flask run
or simply use python command
$ python api.py
And head over to
http//127.0.0.1:5000/atbash/encrypt?text=hello
We can also test out our API using curl command
$ curl https://localhost:5000/atbash/encrypt?text=hello
SVOOL
$ curl https://localhost:5000/atbash/decrypt?text=svool
HELLO
$ curl https://localhost:5000/caesar/encrypt?text=hello&key=2
JGNNQ
$ curl https://localhost:5000/caesar/decrypt?text=jgnnq&key=2
HELLO
Atbash and Caesar cipher Flask app
Copyright (C) 2020 Abigail Marticio
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