server.py

from flask import Flask, request
from powerplant_payload import processing_output
import json

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route('/help')
def help():
    return "Coding challenge"


@app.route('/productionplan', methods=['POST'])
def productionplan():
    if isinstance(request.json, dict):
        # well, this is a strange case when request.json is a dict
        print(f"The strange input: {request.json}")
        input = request.json
    else:
        input = json.loads(request.json)

    output = processing_output(input)

    return output


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run('0.0.0.0', port=8888)