Drop-in server for Google App Engine applications which exposes your data model via a REST API with no extra work.
- Metadata browsing
- List models:
GET "/metadata" - Define model in XML Schema:
GET "/metadata/MyModel"
- List models:
- Reading data (XML output)
- Get specific instance:
GET "/MyModel/<key>" - Get all instances (paged results):
GET "/MyModel"- Results can be ordered using the "ordering" query param:
"?ordering=<propertyName>"
- Results can be ordered using the "ordering" query param:
- Find multiple instances (paged results):
GET "/MyModel?<queryParams>"- Results can be ordered (same as get all)
- Get specific instance:
- Modifying data (XML input)
- Create new instance (returns key):
POST "/MyModel"- Supports batch create by surrounding multiple instances with
<list>element (returns keys)
- Supports batch create by surrounding multiple instances with
- Partial update instance (returns key):
POST "/MyModel/<key>"- Supports batch update (same as create)
- Complete update instance (returns key):
PUT "/MyModel/<key>"- Supports batch update (sames as create)
- Output of all update operations may be altered with "type" query param
- Return the keys in an XML format:
"?type=structured" - Return the entire updated models:
"?type=full"
- Return the keys in an XML format:
- Delete instance:
"DELETE "/MyModel/<key"
- Create new instance (returns key):
Check out the Features page for a more complete list of the features supported by the appengine rest server, including advanced features.
The Boomi Demo App Engine application is a fully working example application (based on the Google App Engine Greeting demo application).
- Available types: http://boomi-demo.appspot.com/rest/metadata
- Greeting schema: http://boomi-demo.appspot.com/rest/metadata/Greeting
- Greeting instances: http://boomi-demo.appspot.com/rest/Greeting
- Greeting instances with filter: http://boomi-demo.appspot.com/rest/Greeting?feq_author=bob@example.com&feq_date=2008-11-03T00:21:19.080553
- Data accessible in both XML and JSON format (input can be specified using the HTTP "Content-Type" header, output can be specified using the HTTP "Accept" request header, e.g. "application/xml" or "application/json")
Utilizing this library is extremely simple. See the Getting Started page to find out how to integrate the appengine rest server into your project.