I've created my first basic API using Flask, that has the ability to create new tasks, delete tasks, update tasks, handles error pages, and has authentication required. What I would like to know is if there are anyways to make this better, can I make the authentication a little more complicated? What did I do well? What could I have done better?from flask import Flaskfrom flask import jsonifyfrom flask import abortfrom flask import make_responsefrom flask import requestfrom flask import url_forfrom flask.ext.httpauth import HTTPBasicAuthauth = HTTPBasicAuth()app = Flask(__name__)tasks = [  # Data that will be supplied to the API    {        id: 1,        title: uBuy groceries,        description: uMilk, Cheese, Pizza, Fruit, Tylenol,        done: False    },    {        id: 2,        description: uNeed to find a good Python tutorial on the web,        done: False,        title: Learn Python    }]@auth.get_passworddef get_password(username):     Require a username and password     if username == miguel:        return python    return Nonedef make_public_task(task):     Turn a task public and provide a URI that will be used for callback    >>> curl -i http://localhost:5000/todo/api/v1.0/tasks    {      tasks: [        {          title: Buy groceries,          done: false,          description: Milk, Cheese, Pizza, Fruit, Tylenol,          uri: http://localhost:5000/todo/api/v1.0/tasks/1    }, ...     new_task = {}    for field in task:        if field == id:            new_task[uri] = url_for(get_task, task_id=task[id], _external=True)        else:            new_task[field] = task[field]    return new_task@app.route(/todo/api/v1.0/tasks, methods=[POST])def create_task():     Create a task in the API with POST    >>> curl -i -H Content-Type: application/json -X POST -d '{title:Read a book}' http://localhost:5000/todo/api/v1.0/tasks    {      task: {      description: ,      done: false,      id: 3,      title: Read a book      }    }     if not request.json or title not in request.json:        abort(400)    task = {        id: tasks[-1][id] + 1,        title: request.json[title],        description: request.json.get(description, ),        done: False    }    tasks.append(task)    return jsonify({task: task}), 201@app.route('/todo/api/v1.0/tasks/<int:task_id>', methods=['PUT'])def update_task(task_id):     Update a task in the API using PUT    >>> curl -i -H Content-Type: application/json -X PUT -d '{done:true}' http://localhost:5000/todo/api/v1.0/tasks/2    {      task: [        {          description: Need to find a good Python tutorial on the web,          done: true,          id: 2,          title: Learn Python        }      ]    }     task = [task for task in tasks if task['id'] == task_id]    if len(task) == 0:        abort(404)    if not request.json:        abort(400)    if 'title' in request.json and type(request.json['title']) != unicode:        abort(400)    if 'description' in request.json and type(request.json['description']) is not unicode:        abort(400)    if 'done' in request.json and type(request.json['done']) is not bool:        abort(400)    task[0]['title'] = request.json.get('title', task[0]['title'])    task[0]['description'] = request.json.get('description', task[0]['description'])    task[0]['done'] = request.json.get('done', task[0]['done'])    return jsonify({'task': task[0]})@app.route(/todo/api/v1.0/tasks/<int:task_id>)def delete_task(task_id):     Delete a task from the API     task = [task for task in tasks if task[id] == task_id]    if len(task) == 0:        abort(404)    tasks.remove(task[0])    return jsonify({result: True})@app.route('/todo/api/v1.0/tasks', methods=['GET'])@auth.login_requireddef get_tasks():    return jsonify({'tasks': [make_public_task(task) for task in tasks]})@app.route(/todo/api/v1.0/tasks/<int:task_id>, methods=[GET])def get_task(task_id):     Get a specific task from the API     task = [task for task in tasks if task[id] == task_id]    if len(task) == 0:        abort(404)    return jsonify({task: task[0]})@app.errorhandler(404)def not_found(error):     Return an error     return make_response(jsonify({error: Not Found}), 404)@auth.error_handlerdef unauthorized():     Return unauthorized access in JSON form     return make_response(jsonify({error: Unauthorized access}), 401)if __name__ == '__main__':    app.run(debug=True)
First basic API using Flask with authentication
python;python 2.7;api