Modified files: backend.py

Added a somewhat janky get request to get the 10 lowest time scores for
client

backend.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_restful import Resource, Api
+import sqlite3
 
 app = Flask("LeaderAPI")
 api = Api(app)
@@ -7,7 +8,13 @@ api = Api(app)
 class LeaderAPI(Resource):
 
     def get(self):
-        return "Hello world!"
+        dbcon = sqlite3.connect("leaderboard.db")
+        db = dbcon.cursor()
+        leaderboard = db.execute("SELECT time_username,time_time FROM leaderboard ORDER BY time_time LIMIT 10").fetchall()
+        db.close()
+        dbcon.close()
+        # dictionary of leaderboard is json, encoding using json.dumps results in double encoding with "" and return to browser as type string
+        return dict(leaderboard)
 
 api.add_resource(LeaderAPI, "/")