Building an interface

To build an interface for the web application, we need to think about how we would want our users to interact with the system. In our case, we are expecting the user to be presented with suggestions based on what they search for in a search bar the moment they submit the search query. This means we need the system to respond in real time and generate suggestions on the fly. To build this system, we will create an API that will respond to the search query.

Creating an API to answer search queries

We will create an API that accepts queries in the form of HTTP requests and replies with suggestions of products based on the search query entered by the user. To do so, follow these steps:

1. We will begin by importing...