Changes between Version 26 and Version 27 of BluePrintREST


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Timestamp:
01/04/09 22:53:05 (16 years ago)
Author:
Fran Boon
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Update for current status

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  • BluePrintREST

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    33This page hosts detailed specifications for [https://blueprints.launchpad.net/sahana3/+spec/rest Blueprint for the RESTful API].
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     5NB This work is mostly done - 'just' need to add support for more representations:
     6 * JSON uploads via POST
     7  * retrieve raw POST data using: {{{request.body.read()}}}
     8   * http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/1418acca8fbc799a
     9   * http://docs.python.org/library/json.html
     10   * http://diveintopython.org/native_data_types/mapping_lists.html
     11  * send POST data using http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.post#urldatacallbacktype
     12   * jquery.ajax supports username/password: http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.ajax#options
     13   * Cross-domains using JSONP: http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2005/12/05/remote-json-jsonp/
     14 * RSS
     15  * {{{import gluon.contrib.rss2 as rss2}}} (see T3/controllers/default.py)
     16 * GeoRSS, KML, GPX, GML, WKT (BluePrintGISImportExport)
     17 * CSV, RTF (native to Web2Py)
     18 * PDF
     19
     20Also can add extra methods to the controller, such as:
     21 * Search (make this the default if many records found?): t2.search()
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    525Basic approach for the S3 architecture is to have a Web Services backend & a Javascript client front end.
    … …  
    3353/sahana/gis/feature/id?method=delete
    3454}}}
    35 but T3 requires ID to be the last argument, so don't want URLs like: /id/create
     55but T3 requires ID to be the last argument, so can't do URLs like: /id/create
    3656
    3757These are the benefits:
    … …  
    4767}}}
    4868
    49 We want to extend this to export raw data in other formats, e.g. using the optional vars:
     69This is extended to export raw data in other formats, using the optional vars:
    5070{{{
    5171/sahana/gis/feature/display/id?format=[json|xml|csv]
    5272}}}
    53 or another arg:
     73which was considered better than using another arg:
    5474{{{
    5575/sahana/gis/feature/display/[json|xml|csv]/id
    5676}}}
    57 
    58 Web2Py already supports export as JSON, CSV & RTF.
    59  * New SQLROW to JSON function: http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/dfb65087574c24f1
    60  * For XML Parser discussions, look at [wiki:BluePrintGISImportExport BluePrintGISImportExport]
    61 
    62 It would be best for us to add support to the framework to make it easy for module writers to have this functionality within their controllers.
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    6478NB Web2Py currently doesn't support HTTP PUT/DELETE/UPDATE (only GET).[[BR]]
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    90104 * http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-September/223257.html
    91105 * http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/rest_howto.html
    92  * FeatureServer: http://featureserver.org/
    93  * WebProcessingServer: http://code.google.com/p/webprocessingserver/
     106 * !FeatureServer: http://featureserver.org/
     107 * !WebProcessingServer: http://code.google.com/p/webprocessingserver/
    94108 * Tarawa framework: http://www.mnot.net/tarawa/tutorial.html
    95109 * Rest in Python framework: http://lukearno.com/projects/rip/