api.py

import ast
import json

from flask import Flask, Response, jsonify, request

import search

app = Flask(__name__)

# app.config['JSON_AS_ASCII'] = False


@app.route("/query", methods=["POST"])
def query():
    data = ast.literal_eval(request.data.decode("utf-8"))
    question = data["question"]
    # question = request.form["question"]
    answer = search.ask(question)
    answer = search.add_link(answer)
    data = {"answer": answer}
    json_string = json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False)
    # print(json_string)
    # creating a Response object to set the content type and the encoding
    response = Response(json_string, content_type="application/json; charset=utf-8")
    response.headers.add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
    print(response, response.data)
    return response


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port = 8080, debug = True, ssl_context=('cert.pem', 'key.pem'))
    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8080, debug=True)