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Do we need APIs to just access databases?
If your application is purely a server side rendered application with no need to integrate with external systems, then a http api will add no value. You should still have an api, the internal model ...
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Safe Plugin Architecture for Python Web API
User-generated code opens you up to vulnerabilities. ... I want to ensure the function has no access to state (global) variables, there is no IO (can't access files), and god forbid it can access the ...
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