This is an interesting approach I had not thought of before. Thanks! Agreed, CRUD is not the same as REST.
Brian On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:51 AM, sebastien piquemal <seb...@gmail.com>wrote: > Well ... http://django-rest-framework.org allows you to override the > method by adding a post parameter. So in your form, you just add a > hidden input > > <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PUT"/> > > or > > <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="DELETE"/> > > and django-rest-framework will pipe your POST request into the "put" > handler or "delete" handler. Of course name="_method" can be > configured (I mean that you can use another parameter name). That's a > quite elegant way to overcome the limitation you are talking about > (even though CRUD and REST are not exactly the same things). > > I am not sure that piston is still actively maintained ... > > On Apr 12, 3:57 pm, Brian Bouterse <bmbou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been reading through the documentation for piston and > > django-rest-framework.org and they both look like great projects. Could > > anyone with experience working with either of these applications (or > their > > authors themselves) provide some compare and contrasting of the > > features/usability/etc. > > > > Also, as a general REST-ism, the HTML > > form<http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_form_method.asp>tag doesn't > > allow for HTTP methods besides GET and POST. As such we > > typically write a full REST API (GET, PUT, POST, DELETE), and then end up > > doing the following to "make it work" for HTML/browser settings. > > > > CREATE - POST to /resource/ > > READ - GET to /resource/ > > UPDATE - POST to /resource/<id> > > DELETE - POST to /resource/delete > > > > The really non-restful part of the "make it work for browsers" hack is > > adding the verb delete into the URL. I couldn't think of a better way. > > This is a common pattern I end up implementing a lot, and it would be > cool > > if a rest framework let me accomplish this in an easier way. > > > > Brian > > > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Tom Christie <christie....@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've been working on this with some folks: > > > > >http://django-rest-framework.org > > > > > Released 0.1 a few weeks ago, and it's coming along *really* nicely. > It's > > > under v active development ATM. The auto-generated API browser is > > > particularly cool. Really would advise anyone taking a look at building > web > > > APIs in python to take a look at it. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Django users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Brian Bouterse > > ITng Services > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- Brian Bouterse ITng Services -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
