>What we *do* need is a lightweight, simple framework that will allow >us to create a RESTful interface and throw code together fast. We'll >probably go with SQLObject (unless we can extract the ORM from django >- lazy evaluation would be very useful), and we're just looking for >something fast and light to sit between that and the thrift interfaces >we'll create. > >So, can anyone suggest a lightweight python framework which just does >the essentials?
Have you looked at CherryPy? It's very simple to get up and running and can be changed to go through Apache if you need it to be fast. I don't think RESTful interfaces are built in but I know people have succesfully built RESTful apps on top of CherryPy. Also plans for REST in CherryPy 3 look promising. Here is a post I ran across from one of the contributers. "Hey there, CherryPy 3 is currently under brainstorming before being first draft. There some feature we do want such as the ability to change the URL dispatching at will depending on what is required for a given application. One dispatching rule I do want is the one based on HTTP verbs. So it might take a few months to get there but eventually it will be a built-in :) - Sylvain" -- Ivan Ven Osdel Senior Software Engineer http://datasyncsuite.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
