django-microapi

A tiny library to make writing CBV-based APIs easier in Django.

Essentially, this just provides some sugar on top of the plain old django.views.generic.base.View class, all with the intent of making handling JSON APIs easier (without the need for a full framework).

Usage

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required

from microapi import ApiView, ModelSerializer

from .models import BlogPost


# Inherit from the `ApiView` class...
class BlogPostView(ApiView):
    # ...then define `get`/`post`/`put`/`delete`/`patch` methods on the
    # subclass.

    # For example, we'll provide a list view on `get`.
    def get(self, request):
        posts = BlogPost.objects.all().order_by("-created")

        # The `render` method automatically creates a JSON response from
        # the provided data.
        return self.render({
            "success": True,
            "posts": self.serialize_many(posts),
        })

    # And handle creating a new blog post on `post`.
    @login_required
    def post(self, request):
        # Read the JSON
        data = self.read_json(request)

        # TODO: Validate the data here.

        # Use the included `ModelSerializer` to load the user-provided data
        # into a new `BlogPost`.
        serializer = ModelSerializer()
        post = serializer.from_dict(BlogPost(), data)
        # Don't forget to save!
        post.save()

        return self.render({
            "success": True,
            "post": self.serialize(post),
        })

Installation

$ pip install django-microapi

License

New BSD