Getting Started

Clone this repository to your local machine.

(Optional) Create and activate a Python virtual environment based on your operating system.
You can also visit https://www.omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx if working with APIs that require keys.

Install required dependencies using pip:

pip install flask requests numpy

Run your server:

python app.py

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API Overview

• GET /
  Returns a plain "Hello World!" message.
  Used to verify the server is running.

• POST /echo
  Accepts a JSON payload in the request body and returns it back in the response.
  Demonstrates how user input is received and returned.

• GET /pokemon/
  Proxies a request to the public PokeAPI and returns real-time Pokémon data.
  Shows how a Flask app can interact with an external API to serve live data.

• POST /multiply Accepts two or three matrices (A, B, and optionally C) in JSON format and returns the result of matrix multiplication. Demonstrates how server-side computation is done using NumPy.

• POST /power
  Accepts a JSON payload with base and exponent, and returns the result of raising the base to the exponent using exponentiation by squaring.
  Efficient for large powers and supports negative exponents.

• POST /matrix_power This route accepts a square matrix and an integer exponent, and efficiently computes the matrix raised to that power using exponentiation by squaring. It also handles negative exponents (via matrix inversion).

• POST /matrix_power_plain Raises a square matrix (with integer values) to a given exponent using pure Python, without NumPy.