Quickstart: use the Creditcorp public API in

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FlaskIdiomatic integration

cacheCatalogue changes rarely

configBase URL from env

Call the API from Flask

from flask import Flask, jsonify
import requests

app = Flask(__name__)
BASE = 'https://api.credicorp.co.uk/public/v1'

@app.get('/products')
def products():
    r = requests.get(f'{BASE}/products', timeout=10)
    r.raise_for_status()
    return jsonify(r.json()['data'])

Call the API from a Flask view with requests, and cache the result with Flask-Caching so the catalogue is not fetched on every request. Keep the base URL in app.config.

Sandbox first

Set the base URL to https://sandbox.credicorp.co.uk/public/v1 in development and CI. See choosing a base URL.

Next steps

Add a quote form or an enquiry submission, and send applicants to apply. Handle failures with the shared error envelope.

Frequently asked questions

Should I cache the catalogue in Flask?

Yes — it changes infrequently. Cache it for the response's max-age using Flask's caching layer, so the API stays off your hot path and under the rate limit.

Where does the base URL belong?

In Flask's configuration, read from an environment variable per environment, so the same build runs against sandbox and production by changing one value.