app.py

import flask
import flask.ext.sqlalchemy
import flask.ext.restless

# Create the Flask application and the Flask-SQLAlchemy object.
app = flask.Flask(__name__)
app.config['DEBUG'] = True
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:////tmp/test.db'
db = flask.ext.sqlalchemy.SQLAlchemy(app)

class Todo(db.Model):
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = db.Column(db.Unicode)

# Create the database tables.
db.create_all()

# Create the Flask-Restless API manager.
manager = flask.ext.restless.APIManager(app, flask_sqlalchemy_db=db)

# Create API endpoints, which will be available at /api/<tablename> by
# default. Allowed HTTP methods can be specified as well.
manager.create_api(Todo, methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PATCH'])

@app.route('/')
def index():
    return flask.render_template('index.html')

# start the flask loop
app.run()