app.py

# Import necessary libraries
import numpy as np
import joblib  # For loading the serialized model
import pandas as pd  # For data manipulation
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify  # For creating the Flask API

# Initialize the Flask application
Superkart_predictor_api = Flask("Superkart Price Predictor")

# Load the trained machine learning model
model = joblib.load("deployment_files.ankur_supercart.joblib")

# Define a route for the home page (GET request)
@Superkart_predictor_api.get('/')
def home():
    """
    This function handles GET requests to the root URL ('/') of the API.
    It returns a simple welcome message.
    """
    return "Welcome to the Airbnb Rental Price Prediction API!"

# Define an endpoint for single property prediction (POST request)
@Superkart_predictor_api.post('/v1/superkart')
def predict_superkart():
    """
    This function handles POST requests to the '/v1/superkart' endpoint.
    It expects a JSON payload containing property details and returns
    the predicted rental price as a JSON response.
    """
    # Get the JSON data from the request body
    Superkart_data = request.get_json()

    # Extract relevant features from the JSON data
    sample = {
        'Product_Id': Superkart_data['Product_Id'],
        'Product_Weight': Superkart_data['Product_Weight'],
        'Product_Sugar_Content': Superkart_data['Product_Sugar_Content'],
        'Product_Allocated_Area': Superkart_data['Product_Allocated_Area'],
        'Product_Type': Superkart_data['Product_Type'],
        'Product_MRP': Superkart_data['Product_MRP'],
        'Store_Id': Superkart_data['Store_Id'],
        'Store_Establishment_Year': Superkart_data['Store_Size'],
        'Store_Location_City_Type': Superkart_data['Store_Location_City_Type'],
         'Store_Type': Superkart_data['Store_Type'],
        'Product_Store_Sales_Total': Superkart_data['Product_Store_Sales_Total'],
        'beds': Superkart_data['beds']
    }

   

    # Convert the extracted data into a Pandas DataFrame
    input_data = pd.DataFrame([sample])

    # Make prediction (get log_price)
    predicted_log_price = model.predict(input_data)[0]

  

    # Convert predicted_price to Python float
    predicted_price = round(float( predicted_log_price), 2)
    # The conversion above is needed as we convert the model prediction (log price) to actual price using np.exp, which returns predictions as NumPy float32 values.
    # When we send this value directly within a JSON response, Flask's jsonify function encounters a datatype error

    # Return the actual price
    return jsonify({'Predicted Price (in dollars)':  predicted_log_price})




# Run the Flask application in debug mode if this script is executed directly
if __name__ == '__main__':
    @Superkart_predictor_api.run(debug=True)