Forem: Joshua Karanja

Before dawn the 's' has more meaning – HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol – used for communication between browser & server. – HTTPS: Secure version of HTTP using encryption (SSL/TLS).

Joshua Karanja — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:43:19 +0000

so one can deploy a project on render only for it to hit you with 404 not found .Question so what was deployed really ?? 😭😭😭

Joshua Karanja — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:22:52 +0000

Deploying a Flask Email API on Render

Joshua Karanja — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:10:49 +0000

Built a Flask Email API that sends emails via a POST request, deployed live on Render. Learned how to structure Flask apps, use blueprints, manage environment variables, and run Gunicorn in production.
Testing

I used Postman to test the endpoints:

GET / → Returns welcome message

POST /mail/send → Sends email with JSON payload

Challenges Faced

Initially hit 404 errors because the root blueprint wasn’t registered.

Learned the importance of blueprints and Gunicorn entry point in production.

Conclusion

This project was a great hands-on exercise for deploying Flask apps and handling production-ready email APIs. Next steps include adding authentication, logging, and a frontend UI.

Repo link:https://github.com/Joshuakaranja/Flask-Mail