Python: Creating a new project

This documentation is part of the Creating a REST API guide. View the full guide here: Step-by-step guide to building a REST API with Flask in Python.

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Start by creating a new project directory. In this example, the project is called myRestApi:

mkdir myRestApi
cd myRestApi

Set the Python version to the latest available with asdf, and initialize a Git repository:

asdf install python latest \
  && asdf local python latest

echo "__pycache__/" >> .gitignore

git init
git add -A .
git commit -m "First commit"