On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Nick <nickt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am working on an api that outputs a list of JSON based on certain > criteria. Currently if someone enters > http://example.mysite/slideshows/api?id=1 > it returns a JSON serialized output of the slideshow with that ID. > > What I would like to do is allow for multiple ids, so > http://example.mysite/slideshows/api?id=1,2,5,9,10 will pull in JSON > values for each of those slideshows. > > I'd like to keep from using a third party API solution, I have checked > them out and I like the customization with the hand built process > > I am doing everything through a get process in a view, here it is: > > > def slideshowAPI2(request): > error = False > if 'id' in request.GET and request.GET['id']: > id = request.GET['id'] > object = slideshow.objects.get(pk=id) > return render_to_response('slideshow.json', > {'object': object, 'id':id}) > if 'year' in request.GET and request.GET['year']: > year = request.GET['year'] > object = serializers.serialize("json", > slideshow.objects.filter(publishdate__year=year)) > html = "%s" % object > return HttpResponse(html) > else: > error = True > return render_to_response('slideshow.json', {'error': True}) >
Just a mild critique: http://example.mysite/slideshows/api?id=1,2,5,9,10 This is not the usual or typical way to pass a list of values into a url query string. Typically, you would specify the id argument multiple times in the query string. This is how your browser, a JS framework, django or anything that is designed to parse query strings would expect to receive a list of values. Eg: http://example.mysite/slideshows/api?id=1&id=2&id=5&id=9&id=10 In django, you can retrieve a list of values passed in a query string like this with the getlist() method on QueryDict[1]. Eg: if 'id' in request.POST: ids = request.POST.getlist('id') Cheers Tom [1] http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.1/ref/request-response/#django.http.QueryDict.getlist -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@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.
