openapi-eightball

About this project

The openapi-eightball project is a simple REST service designed as a digital magic eight ball. It responds to a small set of predefined questions with random answers, serving as a toy example for demonstrating REST API concepts. The service is intentionally minimal and not intended for production use, lacking security and robustness for real-world applications. Key features include a basic HTTP interface that accepts specific queries and returns playful responses, along with an OpenAPI specification file to document the API. The service runs locally by default on port 8080, with options to customize the host and port via command-line arguments. It also includes terms of use and is designed to work with the MediaWiki Rest Sandbox for testing and demonstration purposes. To get started, developers can run the service by executing `python3 eightball.py` in a terminal. This launches the service on `127.0.0.1:8080`, where users can access available queries via the `/8ball/v0/help` endpoint. The OpenAPI spec and terms of use are meant to be hosted locally for reference. For additional instances, the `--host` and `--port` flags allow running the service on different addresses.

This is a GitHub repository (source code), not a hosted HTTP API endpoint.