QuaintEgg is some boiler-plate code for writing quick web applications that perform CRUD operations in some way. It uses web.py. Currently, it supports sqlite. However, writing a new driver is quite easy (given below).
The advantage of using this code is that:
- One can store/fetch arbitrary serializable objects using a database of one's choice.
- No SQL has to be written anywhere; the code remains clean.
- Includes code to perform authentication of HTTP requests. It uses the boilerplate code. So you have something to start with.
- Has the web.py calls structured nicely, so one doesn't have to reinvent the architecture.
To create a new app with this code,
- Do a checkout using
git clone <git_url>
- Create an app directory
cd QuaintEgg
mkdir -p app/controllers
mkdir -p app/tables
- Define a table: Look at framework/tables/Definition.py as an example
- Create an API call
- Add a line in urls.py that points to URL.
- Create a new controller under app/controllers/ (You can copy Authentication.py, if you don't want to start afresh).
- If you are just doing a bunch of CRUD operations on a table, the class corresponding to the API call is as simple as:
class User(ClassicDBController):
def __init__(self):
ClassicDBController.__init__(WEBCONFIG, AuthTable);
* By default, all calls require prior authentication (using the /framework/auth/login call).
* A user created using PUT /framerwork/auth/user can be used for logging in
* A user can also have different roles. The call validateRole() can be executed before doing anything to check if a user belongs to the right role.
Although some preliminary testing has been done, the code is by and large untested. Better versions are to follow.
Copyright 2015 Gokul Chittaranjan, gokulchittaranjan@gmail.com
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