Enabling REST on web server for parsing

Question

[anioannides6]

Hello,

I have created a web service for a software that calculates Low Complexity Regions (LCRs) and masks a protein sequence. The service is controlled with Perl CGI; a user uses a form to paste the sequence, selects some options, and the result is displayed in the browser.

My question is: How can I add REST functionality to the server? My goal is to enable this feature, in order for users to access the software programmatically (i.e from a terminal) and retrieve the results in text format.

Are there any tutorials that can help me accomplish this?

Thank you

[GenoMax]

Question in this present form is not strictly bioinformatics. Perhaps stackoverflow forum would be more appropriate.

[sacha]

Using python, I suggest you to use Flask or aiohttp.web which support websocket.