Resolve "matchSalamander endpoint"

Closes #1 (closed)

src/main.py

 from flask import Flask, request
 from flask_restful import Api, Resource
+import os.path
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 api = Api(app)
@@ -9,13 +10,45 @@ class MatchSalamander(Resource):
     @staticmethod
     def post():
         data = request.form
-        uploaded_file = request.files['image']
-        if uploaded_file.filename != '':
-            uploaded_file.save("images/"+uploaded_file.filename)
-        return {"species:": data["species"], "sex": data["sex"], "location": data["location"]}
+        image = request.files['image']
+        if image.filename != '' and "sex" in data and "location" in data and "species" in data:
+            original_image_path = get_path(data, "original/")
+            processed_image_path = get_path(data, "processed/")
+            if directory_not_empty(original_image_path):
+                image.save(original_image_path + image.filename)
+                # start processing with AI
+                # load preprocessed salamanders from processed_image_path
+                output = {"message": "match or miss"}
+
+            else:
+                os.makedirs(original_image_path)
+                os.makedirs(processed_image_path)
+                image.save(original_image_path + image.filename)
+                output = {"message": "no salamanders to match against"}
+        else:
+            output = {"message": "errors in form data"}
+
+        return output
 
 
 api.add_resource(MatchSalamander, "/matchSalamander")
 
+
+def get_path(data, end_directory):
+    return "images/" + data["species"] + "/" + data["sex"] + "/" + data["location"] + "/" + end_directory
+
+
+def directory_not_empty(directory_path):
+    if os.path.exists(directory_path) and not os.path.isfile(directory_path):
+
+        # Checking if the directory is empty or not
+        if not os.listdir(directory_path):
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run(debug=True)