# 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 rental_price_predictor_api = Flask("Super Kart Sales Predictor") # Load the trained machine learning model model = joblib.load("super_kart_prediction_model_v1_0.joblib") # Define a route for the home page (GET request) @rental_price_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 Super Kart Sales Predictor API!" # Define an endpoint for single property prediction (POST request) @rental_price_predictor_api.post('/v1/superkart') def predict_rental_price(): """ 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 product_data = request.get_json() # Extract relevant features from the JSON data sample = { 'Product_Weight': product_data['Product_Weight'], 'Product_Sugar_Content': product_data['Product_Sugar_Content'], 'Product_Allocated_Area': product_data['Product_Allocated_Area'], 'Product_Type': product_data['Product_Type'], 'Product_MRP': product_data['Product_MRP'], 'Store_Id': product_data['Store_Id'], 'Store_Establishment_Year': product_data['Store_Establishment_Year'], 'Store_Size': product_data['Store_Size'], 'Store_Location_City_Type': product_data['Store_Location_City_Type'], 'Store_Type': product_data['Store_Type'] } # 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] # Calculate actual price predicted_price = np.exp(predicted_log_price) # Convert predicted_price to Python float predicted_price = round(float(predicted_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 Sales Total': predicted_price})