old_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  
  from flask import Flask, request, json, render_template
  import deptCalculator
  
  app = Flask(__name__)
  
  @app.route('/calcDepts', methods=['POST'])
  def depts():
      if request.method == 'POST' and request.headers['Content-Type'] == ('application/json; charset=UTF-8'):
          postedJson = json.dumps(request.json)
          print(request.get_json())
          jsonAsDict = json.loads(postedJson)
          deptList = deptCalculator.calcDepts(jsonAsDict)
          print(deptList)
          return "FOOBAR: " + json.dumps(deptList)
      else:
          return render_template('index.html')
  
  @app.route('/')
  def index():
      return render_template('index.html')
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      app.run(host='0.0.0.0', debug=True)
  
  
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  
  from flask import Flask, request, json, make_response
  import deptCalculator
  from mongoengine import *
  import datetime
  from bson import json_util
  
  '''
  Define some mongo stuff, very rudimentary storing of posted data.
  '''
  
  connect('localhost:27017')
  
  class Post(Document):
      date_modified = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
      meta = {'allow_inheritance': True}
  
  class DeptPost(Post):
      name = StringField()
      amount = IntField()
  
  
  
  
  '''
  Simple Flask-API for serving post requests. API offers stuff like calculating depts among people or storing data.
  '''
  
  
  app = Flask(__name__)
  
  def getDeptPostsAsJson():
      ''' Returns all deptpost-objects in a json deptList '''
      result, data = list(), {}
      for post in DeptPost.objects:
          data['name'] = post.name
          data['amount'] = post.amount
          data['date'] = post.date_modified
          result.append(data)
      return result
  
  
  @app.route('/calcDepts', methods=['POST'])
  def depts():
      ''' Calculates the "mean" of all depts '''
      if request.method == 'POST' and request.headers['Content-Type'] == ('application/json; charset=UTF-8'):
          postedJson = json.dumps(request.json)
          jsonAsDict = json.loads(postedJson)
          deptList = deptCalculator.calcDepts(jsonAsDict)
          return json.dumps(deptList)
      else:
          return "Invalid request", 400
  
  @app.route('/storeDept', methods=['POST'])
  def store():
      ''' Stores the posted data to the mongo '''
      if request.method == 'POST' and request.headers['Content-Type'] == ('application/json; charset=UTF-8'):
          postedJson = json.dumps(request.json)
          jsonAsDict = json.loads(postedJson)
          deptPost = DeptPost(name=jsonAsDict.get('name'), amount=jsonAsDict.get('amount'))
          deptPost.save()
          return json.dumps(getDeptPostsAsJson())
  
  @app.route('/deptList')
  def getDeptList():
      ''' Returns a json list of depts ''' 
      return json.dumps(getDeptPostsAsJson())
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      app.run(host='0.0.0.0', debug=True)
  
  
  
subject: Add relation to mongodb, store stuff that is posted.