django-resource

Resource centered REST API clients

Ideas on how to use

Not all features stated in the following examples are implemented. This section serves only as motivation for future functionalities.

import resources


class PersonResource(resources.Resource):
    class Meta:
        base_endpoint = 'http://api.com/v1/persons/'


class PageResource(resources.Resource):
    class Meta:
        endpoints = {
            'delete': 'http://api.com/v1/pages/{}/'
            'filter': 'http://api.com/v1/pages/'
            'get': 'http://api.com/v1/pages/{}/'
            'patch': 'http://api.com/v1/pages/{}/'
            'post': 'http://api.com/v1/pages/'
            'put': 'http://api.com/v1/pages/'
        }

    owner = resources.RelatedField(
        PersonResource,
        source_field='owner_url',  # default is owner_id
        auto_follow=True,  # default is False
    )

    comments = resources.MultipleRelatedField(
        CommentResource,
        source_field='comments_url',
    )


# GET / single
person = Person.objects.get(pk=1)
print(person.name)

# GET / list
person_reqset = Person.objects.filter(age=18)
for person in person_reqset:  # lazy request
    print(person.name)

# POST
person = Person.objects.create(name='John Doe', age=18)

# PATCH
person.age = 20
person.save()

# PUT
person = Person.objects.update_or_create(name='John Doe', age=30)