create a contact rest api using flask in python

main.py
from flask import Flask, jsonify, request

app = Flask(__name__)

# Create a list to store the contacts
contacts = []

# Define the routes for the API endpoints
@app.route('/contacts', methods=['GET'])
def get_contacts():
    return jsonify({'contacts': contacts})

@app.route('/contacts/<int:id>', methods=['GET'])
def get_contact(id):
    contact = [contact for contact in contacts if contact['id'] == id]
    if len(contact) == 0:
        abort(404)
    return jsonify({'contact': contact[0]})

@app.route('/contacts', methods=['POST'])
def create_contact():
    if not request.json or not 'name' in request.json:
        abort(400)
    contact = {
        'id': len(contacts) + 1,
        'name': request.json['name'],
        'email': request.json.get('email', "")
    }
    contacts.append(contact)
    return jsonify({'contact': contact}), 201

@app.route('/contacts/<int:id>', methods=['PUT'])
def update_contact(id):
    contact = [contact for contact in contacts if contact['id'] == id]
    if len(contact) == 0:
        abort(404)
    if not request.json:
        abort(400)
    contact[0]['name'] = request.json.get('name', contact[0]['name'])
    contact[0]['email'] = request.json.get('email', contact[0]['email'])
    return jsonify({'contact': contact[0]})

@app.route('/contacts/<int:id>', methods=['DELETE'])
def delete_contact(id):
    contact = [contact for contact in contacts if contact['id'] == id]
    if len(contact) == 0:
        abort(404)
    contacts.remove(contact[0])
    return jsonify({'result': True})

# Run the application
if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)
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