On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Mario Osorio <nimbiot...@gmail.com> wrote: > I need to work on a django app that will eventually benefit from a RESTful > API so it can be used from any web browser as well a from apps writtens for > iOS and Android. > > Being so new to django development I don't even have any ideas on how to use > a RESTful API, for example, > > Should I begin the development use a RESTful API, or should I add ir when > needed? ( it IS going to be used anyways) > Of course I understand I'm adding another layer of work to the final product > but, can someone please explain how bad deep and how complicated this layer > might be? > I've found a couple of online tutorials and I'll soon be working on them, > but I honestly think there is nothing quite like reading the opinions of > different people as to what the workflow with a RESTful API in django > implies. I think a simple overview of the general workflow will answer most > of the questions I have in mind right now. > > Thanks a lot in advanced!
I'm not an expert, but I just happen to be working on something similar. I already had the URLs set up so that the HTML was being rendered, edited, saved, etc. So, then I wanted to add a RESTful API, mirroring the same URLs. A regular URL looks like: http://localhost:8000/person/764526236 I decided to make the REST API look like: http://localhost:8000/person/764526236/?format=json That was as easy as something like this (person is the view, 764526236 is the handle): try: obj = Person.objects.get(handle=handle) except: raise Http404(_("Requested %s does not exist.") % view) if not check_access(request, context, obj, act): raise Http404(_("Requested %s does not exist.") % view) if "format" in request.GET: if request.GET["format"] == "json": person = db.get_person_from_handle(obj.handle) content = str(person.to_struct()) response = HttpResponse(content, mimetype="application/json") return response The 'if "format"' handles the different formats. Hope that helps (or someone can point us both in a better direction). -Doug > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/cc10edc2-e978-461e-986f-43dd73eea63e%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAAusYCiW69LsCf%3DAfGYJD4oZPpJziJwAaFKtiU%3DxnDb05nxajA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
