django-api-playground 0.1.0

Instructions

To get this application up and running, please follow the steps below:

Install from pip:

pip install django-api-playground

Or from source:

pip install git+git://github.com/Hipo/Django-API-Playground.git

Add to installed apps:

INSTALLED_APPS =(
    # ...

    'apiplayground',
)

Installation is completed. You can define the API schema now.

Firs step, Create an url:

# urls.py

from api.playgrounds import ExampleAPIPlayground

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'api-explorer/', include(ExampleAPIPlayground().urls)),
)

Second step, Define a subclass for your API:

# api/playgrounds.py

from apiplayground import APIPlayground

class ExampleAPIPlayground(APIPlayground):

    schema = {
        "title": "API Playground",
        "base_url": "http://localhost/api/",
        "resources": [
            {
                "name": "/feedbacks",
                "description": "This resource allows you to manage feedbacks.",
                "endpoints": [
                    {
                        "method": "GET",
                        "url": "/api/feedbacks/{feedback-id}",
                        "description": "Returns a specific feedback item"
                    },
                    {
                        "method": "POST",
                        "url": "/api/feedbacks/",
                        "description": "Creates new feedback item",
                        "parameters": [{
                            "name": "title",
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "resource",
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        {
                           "name": "description",
                           "type": "string"
                        }]
                    }
                ]
            },
        ]
    }

That’s all. More detailed documentation will be coming soon.