| 5 | | '''[wiki:S3REST]''' provides a generic '''RESTful API''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer Representational State Transfer]) for Sahana Eden database resources, i.e. it can map HTTP requests to data resources and function calls. In particular, it maps resource addresses (=URL's) and HTTP methods (=GET, PUT, DELETE etc.) to CRUD actions, and then invokes so called ''method handlers'' (provided by the calling controller via hooks) to execute those actions (important: S3REST itself does not manipulate any data!). |
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| 7 | | The so called '''REST Controller''' (function ''shn_rest_controller()'') is a wrapper function for [wiki:S3REST], which provides generic CRUD method handlers. These method handlers as well as the REST controller itself are implemented in {{{models/01_crud.py}}}. |
| | 5 | [wiki:S3XRC_S3Resource S3Resource]s provide a generic '''RESTful API''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer Representational State Transfer]) for Sahana Eden database resources, i.e. they can map HTTP requests to data resources and function calls. |
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| | 7 | In particular, they map resource addresses (=URL's) and HTTP methods (=GET, PUT, DELETE etc.) to CRUD actions, and then invoke so called ''method handlers'' (provided by the calling controller via hooks) to execute those actions. |
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| | 9 | The so called '''REST Controller''' (function ''shn_rest_controller()'') is a wrapper function for the S3Resource REST interface, which provides generic CRUD method handlers. These method handlers as well as the REST controller itself are implemented in {{{models/01_crud.py}}}. |
