Setting Up Your Python Environment

Now let's switch gears to Python. We need a lightweight web server to handle requests and a way to talk to our database.

We'll use a few standard Python packages:

  • flask: To route the HTTP requests and serve our web endpoints.

  • psycopg2-binary: To connect to PostgreSQL and execute our spatial queries.

  • python-dotenv: To securely manage our database credentials (never hardcode passwords!).

Open your terminal and install these packages via pip:

pip install flask psycopg2-binary python-dotenv

Great! Our environment is ready.

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