fix: Initial barebones UI and API running

server.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from accounting.models import Base
 from accounting.api import AccountingAPI
 import os
+import json
 from config import DATABASE_URI
 
 
@@ -12,6 +13,16 @@ def CORS():
     cherrypy.response.headers["Access-Control-Allow-Headers"] = "Content-Type"
 
 
+# JSON Tools for response serialization
+class JSONEncoder(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.json_encoder = json.JSONEncoder()
+
+    def __call__(self, value):
+        # Convert the Python object to a JSON string then to bytes
+        return json.dumps(value).encode('utf-8')
+
+
 class Root:
     @cherrypy.expose
     def index(self):
@@ -40,8 +51,11 @@ def main():
     if not os.path.exists(static_path):
         os.makedirs(static_path)
 
-    # CherryPy configuration
-    conf = {
+    # Register tools
+    cherrypy.tools.CORS = cherrypy.Tool('before_handler', CORS)
+
+    # Root application config
+    root_conf = {
         '/': {
             'tools.sessions.on': True,
             'tools.staticdir.root': os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
@@ -50,23 +64,31 @@ def main():
         '/static': {
             'tools.staticdir.on': True,
             'tools.staticdir.dir': 'static',
-        },
-        '/api': {
-            'request.dispatch': cherrypy.dispatch.MethodDispatcher(),
-            'tools.CORS.on': True,
-            'tools.response_headers.on': True,
-            'tools.response_headers.headers': [('Content-Type', 'application/json')],
         }
     }
 
-    # Register CORS tool
-    cherrypy.tools.CORS = cherrypy.Tool('before_handler', CORS)
+    # API application config
+    api_conf = {
+        '/': {
+            'request.dispatch': cherrypy.dispatch.MethodDispatcher(),
+            'tools.CORS.on': True,
+            'tools.json_out.on': True,  # Use the built-in JSON serializer
+            'tools.encode.on': True,
+            'tools.encode.encoding': 'utf-8',
+            # Process JSON request bodies
+            'request.body.processors': {
+                'application/json': cherrypy.lib.jsontools.json_processor
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
-    # Create application
+    # Create and mount Root application
     root = Root()
-    root.api = AccountingAPI(db_engine)
+    cherrypy.tree.mount(root, '/', root_conf)
 
-    cherrypy.tree.mount(root, '/', conf)
+    # Create and mount API as a separate application
+    api = AccountingAPI(db_engine)
+    cherrypy.tree.mount(api, '/api', api_conf)
 
     # Start server
     cherrypy.config.update({
@@ -82,4 +104,4 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
+    main()