Sample example working

src/rest/emitters.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class TemplatedEmitter(BaseEmitter):
     template = None
 
     def emit(self, output):
-        content = json.dumps(output, indent=4)
+        content = json.dumps(output, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
         template = loader.get_template(self.template)
         context = RequestContext(self.request, {
             'content': content,

src/rest/resource.py

@@ -137,15 +137,20 @@ class Resource(object):
 
 
 
-    def determine_form(self, data=None):
+    def determine_form(self, input_data=None, return_data=None):
         """Optionally return a Django Form instance, which may be used for validation
         and/or rendered by an HTML/XHTML emitter.
         
-        The data argument will be non Null if the form is required to be bound to some deserialized
-        input data, or Null if the form is required to be unbound. 
+        The input_data or return_data arguments can be used to bind the form either to the deserialized input,
+        or to a return object. 
         """
         if self.form:
-            return self.form(data)
+            if input_data:
+                return self.form(input_data)
+            elif return_data:
+                return self.form(return_data)
+            else:
+                return self.form()
         return None
   
   
@@ -259,12 +264,13 @@ class Resource(object):
             if method in ('PUT', 'POST'):
                 parser = self.determine_parser(request)
                 data = parser(self, request).parse(request.raw_post_data)
-                form = self.determine_form(data)
+                form = self.determine_form(input_data=data)
                 data = self.cleanup_request(data, form)
                 (status, ret, headers) = func(data, request.META, *args, **kwargs)
 
             else:
                 (status, ret, headers) = func(request.META, *args, **kwargs)
+                form = self.determine_form(return_data=ret)
 
 
         except ResourceException, exc:
@@ -274,7 +280,7 @@ class Resource(object):
         if emitter is None:
             mimetype, emitter = self.emitters[0]
         
-        # Use a form unbound to any data if one has not yet been created
+        # Create an unbound form if one has not yet been created
         if form is None:
             form = self.determine_form()
         
@@ -284,7 +290,6 @@ class Resource(object):
         # Serialize the response content
         ret = self.cleanup_response(ret)
         content = emitter(self, request, status, headers, form).emit(ret)
-        print content
 
         # Build the HTTP Response
         resp = HttpResponse(content, mimetype=mimetype, status=status)
@@ -308,7 +313,7 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
     fields = None
     form_fields = None
 
-    def determine_form(self, data=None):
+    def determine_form(self, input_data=None, return_data=None):
         """Return a form that may be used in validation and/or rendering an html emitter"""
         if self.form:
             return self.form
@@ -317,12 +322,14 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
             class NewModelForm(ModelForm):
                 class Meta:
                     model = self.model
-                    fields = self.form_fields if self.form_fields else self.fields
+                    fields = self.form_fields if self.form_fields else None #self.fields
                     
-            if data is None:
-                return NewModelForm()
+            if input_data:
+                return NewModelForm(input_data)
+            elif return_data:
+                return NewModelForm(instance=return_data)
             else:
-                return NewModelForm(data)
+                return NewModelForm()
         
         else:
             return None
@@ -359,6 +366,12 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
                 ret = _list(thing)
             elif isinstance(thing, dict):
                 ret = _dict(thing)
+            elif isinstance(thing, int):
+                ret = thing
+            elif isinstance(thing, bool):
+                ret = thing
+            elif isinstance(thing, type(None)):
+                ret = thing
             elif isinstance(thing, decimal.Decimal):
                 ret = str(thing)
             elif isinstance(thing, Model):
@@ -417,7 +430,7 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
             ret = { }
             #handler = self.in_typemapper(type(data), self.anonymous)  # TRC
             handler = None                                             # TRC
-            get_absolute_uri = False
+            get_absolute_url = False
             
             if handler or fields:
                 v = lambda f: getattr(data, f.attname)
@@ -444,12 +457,13 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
                             for field in get_fields.copy():
                                 if exclude.match(field):
                                     get_fields.discard(field)
-                                    
+                    
+                    get_absolute_url = True
+
                 else:
                     get_fields = set(fields)
-
-                if 'absolute_uri' in get_fields:   # MOVED (TRC)
-                    get_absolute_uri = True
+                    if 'absolute_url' in get_fields:   # MOVED (TRC)
+                        get_absolute_url = True
 
                 met_fields = _method_fields(handler, get_fields)  # TRC
 
@@ -508,14 +522,37 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
                             #    ret[maybe_field] = _any(handler_f(data))
 
             else:
+                # Add absolute_url if it exists
+                get_absolute_url = True
+                
+                # Add all the fields
                 for f in data._meta.fields:
-                    ret[f.attname] = _any(getattr(data, f.attname))
+                    if f.attname != 'id':
+                        ret[f.attname] = _any(getattr(data, f.attname))
                 
-                fields = dir(data.__class__) + ret.keys()
-                add_ons = [k for k in dir(data) if k not in fields]
+                # Add all the propertiess
+                klass = data.__class__
+                for attr in dir(klass):
+                    if not attr.startswith('_') and not attr in ('pk','id') and isinstance(getattr(klass, attr, None), property):
+                        #if attr.endswith('_url') or attr.endswith('_uri'):
+                        #    ret[attr] = self.make_absolute(_any(getattr(data, attr)))
+                        #else:
+                        ret[attr] = _any(getattr(data, attr))
+                #fields = dir(data.__class__) + ret.keys()
+                #add_ons = [k for k in dir(data) if k not in fields and not k.startswith('_')]
+                #print add_ons
+                ###print dir(data.__class__)
+                #from django.db.models import Model
+                #model_fields = dir(Model)
+
+                #for attr in dir(data):
+                ##    #if attr.startswith('_'):
+                ##    #    continue
+                #    if (attr in fields) and not (attr in model_fields) and not attr.startswith('_'):
+                #        print attr, type(getattr(data, attr, None)), attr in fields, attr in model_fields
                 
-                for k in add_ons:
-                    ret[k] = _any(getattr(data, k))
+                #for k in add_ons:
+                #    ret[k] = _any(getattr(data, k))
             
             # TRC
             # resouce uri
@@ -532,9 +569,13 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
             #    except: pass
             
             # absolute uri
-            if hasattr(data, 'get_absolute_url') and get_absolute_uri:
-                try: ret['absolute_uri'] = self.make_absolute(data.get_absolute_url())
+            if hasattr(data, 'get_absolute_url') and get_absolute_url:
+                try: ret['absolute_url'] = self.make_absolute(data.get_absolute_url())
                 except: pass
+            
+            for key, val in ret.items():
+                if key.endswith('_url') or key.endswith('_uri'):
+                    ret[key] = self.make_absolute(val)
 
             return ret
         
@@ -560,8 +601,9 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
         return _any(data, self.fields)
 
 
-    def create(self, data, headers={}):
-        instance = self.model(**data)
+    def create(self, data, headers={}, *args, **kwargs):
+        all_kw_args = dict(data.items() + kwargs.items())
+        instance = self.model(**all_kw_args)
         instance.save()
         headers = {}
         if hasattr(instance, 'get_absolute_url'):
@@ -569,17 +611,37 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
         return (201, instance, headers)
 
     def read(self, headers={}, *args, **kwargs):
-        instance = self.model.objects.get(**kwargs)
+        try:
+            instance = self.model.objects.get(**kwargs)
+        except self.model.DoesNotExist:
+            return (404, '', {})
+
         return (200, instance, {})
 
     def update(self, data, headers={}, *args, **kwargs):
-        instance = self.model.objects.get(**kwargs)    
-        for (key, val) in data.items():
-            setattr(instance, key, val)
+        try:
+            instance = self.model.objects.get(**kwargs)    
+            for (key, val) in data.items():
+                setattr(instance, key, val)
+        except self.model.DoesNotExist:
+            instance = self.model(**data)
+            instance.save()
+
         instance.save()
         return (200, instance, {})
 
     def delete(self, headers={}, *args, **kwargs):
         instance = self.model.objects.get(**kwargs)
         instance.delete()
-        return (204, '', {})
+        return (204, '', {})
+
+
+class QueryModelResource(ModelResource):
+    allowed_methods = ('read',)
+
+    def determine_form(self, input_data=None, return_data=None):
+        return None
+
+    def read(self, headers={}, *args, **kwargs):
+        query = self.model.objects.all()
+        return (200, query, {})

src/rest/templates/emitter.html

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
   <body>
     <h1>{{ resource_name }}</h1>
     <p>{{ resource_doc }}</p>
-    <pre>{% autoescape off %}<b>{{ status }} {{ reason }}</b>
+    <pre><b>{{ status }} {{ reason }}</b>{% autoescape off %}
 {% for key, val in headers.items %}<b>{{ key }}:</b> {{ val|urlize_quoted_links }}
 {% endfor %}
-{{ content|urlize_quoted_links }}{% endautoescape %}    </pre>
+{{ content|urlize_quoted_links }}    </pre>{% endautoescape %}
 
 {% if 'read' in resource.allowed_operations %}
 	<div class='action'>

src/rest/templatetags/urlize_quoted_links.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ html_gunk_re = re.compile(r'(?:<br clear="all">|<i><\/i>|<b><\/b>|<em><\/em>|<st
 hard_coded_bullets_re = re.compile(r'((?:<p>(?:%s).*?[a-zA-Z].*?</p>\s*)+)' % '|'.join([re.escape(x) for x in DOTS]), re.DOTALL)
 trailing_empty_content_re = re.compile(r'(?:<p>(?:&nbsp;|\s|<br \/>)*?</p>\s*)+\Z')
 
-def urlize_quoted_links(text, trim_url_limit=None, nofollow=False, autoescape=False):
+def urlize_quoted_links(text, trim_url_limit=None, nofollow=False, autoescape=True):
     """
     Converts any URLs in text into clickable links.
 
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ def urlize_quoted_links(text, trim_url_limit=None, nofollow=False, autoescape=Fa
             words[i] = escape(word)
     return u''.join(words)
 
+
+#urlize_quoted_links.needs_autoescape = True
+urlize_quoted_links.is_safe = True
+
 # Register urlize_quoted_links as a custom filter
 # http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/custom-template-tags/
 register = template.Library()

src/testapp/models.py

@@ -1,63 +1,90 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
-from datetime import datetime
 import uuid
 
 def uuid_str():
     return str(uuid.uuid1())
 
-class ExampleModel(models.Model):
-    num = models.IntegerField(default=2, choices=((1,'one'), (2, 'two')))
-    hidden_num = models.IntegerField(verbose_name='Something', help_text='HELP')
-    text = models.TextField(blank=False)
-    another = models.CharField(max_length=10)
+#class ExampleModel(models.Model):
+#    num = models.IntegerField(default=2, choices=((1,'one'), (2, 'two')))
+#    hidden_num = models.IntegerField(verbose_name='Something', help_text='HELP')
+#    text = models.TextField(blank=False)
+#    another = models.CharField(max_length=10)
 
 
-class ExampleContainer(models.Model):
-    """Container.  Has a key, a name, and some internal data, and contains a set of items."""
-    key = models.CharField(primary_key=True, default=uuid_str, max_length=36, editable=False)
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=256)
-    internal = models.IntegerField(default=0)
+#class ExampleContainer(models.Model):
+#    """Container.  Has a key, a name, and some internal data, and contains a set of items."""
+#    key = models.CharField(primary_key=True, default=uuid_str, max_length=36, editable=False)
+#    name = models.CharField(max_length=256)
+#    internal = models.IntegerField(default=0)
 
-    @models.permalink
-    def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return ('testapp.views.ContainerInstance', [self.key])
+#    @models.permalink
+#    def get_absolute_url(self):
+#        return ('testapp.views.ContainerInstance', [self.key])
 
 
-class ExampleItem(models.Model):
-    """Item.  Belongs to a container and has an index number and a note.
-    Items are uniquely identified by their container and index number."""
-    container = models.ForeignKey(ExampleContainer, related_name='items')
-    index = models.IntegerField()
-    note = models.CharField(max_length=1024)
-    unique_together = (container, index)
+#class ExampleItem(models.Model):
+#    """Item.  Belongs to a container and has an index number and a note.
+#    Items are uniquely identified by their container and index number."""
+#    container = models.ForeignKey(ExampleContainer, related_name='items')
+#    index = models.IntegerField()
+#    note = models.CharField(max_length=1024)
+#    unique_together = (container, index)
 
 
+RATING_CHOICES = ((0, 'Awful'),
+                  (1, 'Poor'),
+                  (2, 'OK'),
+                  (3, 'Good'),
+                  (4, 'Excellent'))
+
 class BlogPost(models.Model):
-    slug = models.SlugField(editable=False, primary_key=True, default='blah')
-    title = models.CharField(max_length=128)
-    content = models.TextField()
-    when = models.DateTimeField(editable=False)
+    key = models.CharField(primary_key=True, max_length=64, default=uuid_str, editable=False)
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=128, help_text='The article title (Required)')
+    content = models.TextField(help_text='The article body (Required)')
+    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    slug = models.SlugField(editable=False, default='')
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ('created',)
 
     @models.permalink
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return ('testapp.views.BlogPostInstance', (self.slug,))
+        return ('testapp.views.BlogPostInstance', (self.key,))
+
+    @property
+    @models.permalink
+    def comments_url(self):
+        """Link to a resource which lists all comments for this blog post."""
+        return ('testapp.views.CommentList', (self.key,))
+
+    @property
+    @models.permalink
+    def comment_url(self):
+        """Link to a resource which can create a comment for this blog post."""
+        return ('testapp.views.CommentCreator', (self.key,))
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return self.title
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.slug = slugify(self.title)
-        self.when = datetime.now()
         super(self.__class__, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
 class Comment(models.Model):
-    blogpost = models.ForeignKey(BlogPost, related_name='comments')
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
-    content = models.TextField()
-    when = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    blogpost = models.ForeignKey(BlogPost, editable=False, related_name='comments')
+    username = models.CharField(max_length=128, help_text='Please enter a username (Required)')
+    comment = models.TextField(help_text='Enter your comment here (Required)')
+    rating = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True, choices=RATING_CHOICES, help_text='Please rate the blog post (Optional)')
+    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
 
     @models.permalink
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return ('testapp.views.CommentInstance', (self.blogpost.slug, self.id))
-   
-    def save(self):
-        self.index = self.blogpost.comments.count()
+        return ('testapp.views.CommentInstance', (self.blogpost.key, self.id))
+    
+    @property
+    @models.permalink
+    def blogpost_url(self):
+        return ('testapp.views.BlogPostInstance', (self.blogpost.key,))
+        

src/testapp/tests.py

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-"""
-This file demonstrates two different styles of tests (one doctest and one
-unittest). These will both pass when you run "manage.py test".
-
-Replace these with more appropriate tests for your application.
+"""Test a range of REST API usage of the example application.
 """
 
 from django.test import TestCase
@@ -13,134 +9,154 @@ import json
 
 
 class AcceptHeaderTests(TestCase):
-    def assert_accept_mimetype(self, mimetype, expect=None, expect_match=True):
-        """
-        Assert that a request with given mimetype in the accept header,
-        gives a response with the appropriate content-type.
-        """
+    """Test correct behaviour of the Accept header as specified by RFC 2616:
+
+    http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.1"""
+
+    def assert_accept_mimetype(self, mimetype, expect=None):
+        """Assert that a request with given mimetype in the accept header,
+        gives a response with the appropriate content-type."""
         if expect is None:
             expect = mimetype
 
-        resp = self.client.get(reverse(views.ReadOnlyResource), HTTP_ACCEPT=mimetype)
+        resp = self.client.get(reverse(views.RootResource), HTTP_ACCEPT=mimetype)
 
-        if expect_match:
-            self.assertEquals(resp['content-type'], expect)
-        else:
-            self.assertNotEquals(resp['content-type'], expect)
+        self.assertEquals(resp['content-type'], expect)
 
-    def test_accept_xml(self):
-        self.assert_accept_mimetype('application/xml')
 
     def test_accept_json(self):
+        """Ensure server responds with Content-Type of JSON when requested."""
         self.assert_accept_mimetype('application/json')
 
-    def test_accept_xml_prefered_to_json(self):
-        self.assert_accept_mimetype('application/xml,q=0.9;application/json,q=0.1', expect='application/xml')
+    def test_accept_xml(self):
+        """Ensure server responds with Content-Type of XML when requested."""
+        self.assert_accept_mimetype('application/xml')
 
-    def test_accept_json_prefered_to_xml(self):
+    def test_accept_json_when_prefered_to_xml(self):
+        """Ensure server responds with Content-Type of JSON when it is the client's prefered choice."""
         self.assert_accept_mimetype('application/json,q=0.9;application/xml,q=0.1', expect='application/json')
 
-    def test_dont_accept_invalid(self):
-        self.assert_accept_mimetype('application/invalid', expect_match=False)
+    def test_accept_xml_when_prefered_to_json(self):
+        """Ensure server responds with Content-Type of XML when it is the client's prefered choice."""
+        self.assert_accept_mimetype('application/xml,q=0.9;application/json,q=0.1', expect='application/xml')
+
+    def test_default_json_prefered(self):
+        """Ensure server responds with JSON in preference to XML."""
+        self.assert_accept_mimetype('application/json;application/xml', expect='application/json')
+
+    def test_accept_generic_subtype_format(self):
+        """Ensure server responds with an appropriate type, when the subtype is left generic."""
+        self.assert_accept_mimetype('text/*', expect='text/html')
+
+    def test_accept_generic_type_format(self):
+        """Ensure server responds with an appropriate type, when the type and subtype are left generic."""
+        self.assert_accept_mimetype('*/*', expect='application/json')
 
     def test_invalid_accept_header_returns_406(self):
-        resp = self.client.get(reverse(views.ReadOnlyResource), HTTP_ACCEPT='invalid/invalid')
+        """Ensure server returns a 406 (not acceptable) response if we set the Accept header to junk."""
+        resp = self.client.get(reverse(views.RootResource), HTTP_ACCEPT='invalid/invalid')
+        self.assertNotEquals(resp['content-type'], 'invalid/invalid')
         self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 406)
     
-    def test_prefer_specific(self):
-        self.fail("Test not implemented")
+    def test_prefer_specific_over_generic(self):   # This test is broken right now
+        """More specific accept types have precedence over less specific types."""
+        self.assert_accept_mimetype('application/xml;*/*', expect='application/xml')
 
 
 class AllowedMethodsTests(TestCase):
-    def test_reading_read_only_allowed(self):
-        resp = self.client.get(reverse(views.ReadOnlyResource))
+    """Basic tests to check that only allowed operations may be performed on a Resource"""
+
+    def test_reading_a_read_only_resource_is_allowed(self):
+        """GET requests on a read only resource should default to a 200 (OK) response"""
+        resp = self.client.get(reverse(views.RootResource))
         self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 200)
         
-    def test_writing_read_only_not_allowed(self):
-        resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.ReadOnlyResource), {})
+    def test_writing_to_read_only_resource_is_not_allowed(self):
+        """PUT requests on a read only resource should default to a 405 (method not allowed) response"""
+        resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.RootResource), {})
         self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 405)
-
-    def test_reading_write_only_not_allowed(self):
-        resp = self.client.get(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource))
-        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 405)
-
-    def test_writing_write_only_allowed(self):
-        resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), {})
-        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 200)
-
-
-class EncodeDecodeTests(TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(self.__class__, self).setUp()
-        self.input = {'a': 1, 'b': 'example'}
-
-    def test_encode_form_decode_json(self):
-        content = self.input
-        resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content)
-        output = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
-
-    def test_encode_json_decode_json(self):
-        content = json.dumps(self.input)
-        resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content, 'application/json')
-        output = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
-
-    #def test_encode_xml_decode_json(self):
-    #    content = dict2xml(self.input)
-    #    resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content, 'application/json', HTTP_ACCEPT='application/json')
-    #    output = json.loads(resp.content)
-    #    self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
-
-    #def test_encode_form_decode_xml(self):
-    #    content = self.input
-    #    resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content, HTTP_ACCEPT='application/xml')
-    #    output = xml2dict(resp.content)
-    #    self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
-
-    #def test_encode_json_decode_xml(self):
-    #    content = json.dumps(self.input)
-    #    resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content, 'application/json', HTTP_ACCEPT='application/xml')
-    #    output = xml2dict(resp.content)
-    #    self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
-
-    #def test_encode_xml_decode_xml(self):
-    #    content = dict2xml(self.input)
-    #    resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content, 'application/json', HTTP_ACCEPT='application/xml')
-    #    output = xml2dict(resp.content)
-    #    self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
-
-class ModelTests(TestCase):
-    def test_create_container(self):
-        content = json.dumps({'name': 'example'})
-        resp = self.client.post(reverse(views.ContainerFactory), content, 'application/json')
-        output = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 201)
-        self.assertEquals(output['name'], 'example')
-        self.assertEquals(set(output.keys()), set(('absolute_uri', 'name', 'key')))
-
-class CreatedModelTests(TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        content = json.dumps({'name': 'example'})
-        resp = self.client.post(reverse(views.ContainerFactory), content, 'application/json', HTTP_ACCEPT='application/json')
-        self.container = json.loads(resp.content)
-
-    def test_read_container(self):
-        resp = self.client.get(self.container["absolute_uri"])
-        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 200)
-        container = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEquals(container, self.container)
-
-    def test_delete_container(self):
-        resp = self.client.delete(self.container["absolute_uri"])
-        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 204)
-        self.assertEquals(resp.content, '')
-
-    def test_update_container(self):
-        self.container['name'] = 'new'
-        content = json.dumps(self.container)
-        resp = self.client.put(self.container["absolute_uri"], content, 'application/json')
-        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 200)
-        container = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEquals(container, self.container)
+#
+#    def test_reading_write_only_not_allowed(self):
+#        resp = self.client.get(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource))
+#        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 405)
+#
+#    def test_writing_write_only_allowed(self):
+#        resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), {})
+#        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 200)
+#
+#
+#class EncodeDecodeTests(TestCase):
+#    def setUp(self):
+#        super(self.__class__, self).setUp()
+#        self.input = {'a': 1, 'b': 'example'}
+#
+#    def test_encode_form_decode_json(self):
+#        content = self.input
+#        resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content)
+#        output = json.loads(resp.content)
+#        self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
+#
+#    def test_encode_json_decode_json(self):
+#        content = json.dumps(self.input)
+#        resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content, 'application/json')
+#        output = json.loads(resp.content)
+#        self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
+#
+#    #def test_encode_xml_decode_json(self):
+#    #    content = dict2xml(self.input)
+#    #    resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content, 'application/json', HTTP_ACCEPT='application/json')
+#    #    output = json.loads(resp.content)
+#    #    self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
+#
+#    #def test_encode_form_decode_xml(self):
+#    #    content = self.input
+#    #    resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content, HTTP_ACCEPT='application/xml')
+#    #    output = xml2dict(resp.content)
+#    #    self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
+#
+#    #def test_encode_json_decode_xml(self):
+#    #    content = json.dumps(self.input)
+#    #    resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content, 'application/json', HTTP_ACCEPT='application/xml')
+#    #    output = xml2dict(resp.content)
+#    #    self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
+#
+#    #def test_encode_xml_decode_xml(self):
+#    #    content = dict2xml(self.input)
+#    #    resp = self.client.put(reverse(views.WriteOnlyResource), content, 'application/json', HTTP_ACCEPT='application/xml')
+#    #    output = xml2dict(resp.content)
+#    #    self.assertEquals(self.input, output)
+#
+#class ModelTests(TestCase):
+#    def test_create_container(self):
+#        content = json.dumps({'name': 'example'})
+#        resp = self.client.post(reverse(views.ContainerFactory), content, 'application/json')
+#        output = json.loads(resp.content)
+#        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 201)
+#        self.assertEquals(output['name'], 'example')
+#        self.assertEquals(set(output.keys()), set(('absolute_uri', 'name', 'key')))
+#
+#class CreatedModelTests(TestCase):
+#    def setUp(self):
+#        content = json.dumps({'name': 'example'})
+#        resp = self.client.post(reverse(views.ContainerFactory), content, 'application/json', HTTP_ACCEPT='application/json')
+#        self.container = json.loads(resp.content)
+#
+#    def test_read_container(self):
+#        resp = self.client.get(self.container["absolute_uri"])
+#        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 200)
+#        container = json.loads(resp.content)
+#        self.assertEquals(container, self.container)
+#
+#    def test_delete_container(self):
+#        resp = self.client.delete(self.container["absolute_uri"])
+#        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 204)
+#        self.assertEquals(resp.content, '')
+#
+#    def test_update_container(self):
+#        self.container['name'] = 'new'
+#        content = json.dumps(self.container)
+#        resp = self.client.put(self.container["absolute_uri"], content, 'application/json')
+#        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 200)
+#        container = json.loads(resp.content)
+#        self.assertEquals(container, self.container)
 

src/testapp/urls.py

@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@ from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('testapp.views',
     (r'^$', 'RootResource'),
-    (r'^read-only$', 'ReadOnlyResource'),
-    (r'^write-only$', 'WriteOnlyResource'),
-    (r'^read-write$', 'ReadWriteResource'),
-    (r'^model$', 'ModelFormResource'),
-    (r'^container$', 'ContainerFactory'),
-    (r'^container/((?P<key>[^/]+))$', 'ContainerInstance'),
+    #(r'^read-only$', 'ReadOnlyResource'),
+    #(r'^write-only$', 'WriteOnlyResource'),
+    #(r'^read-write$', 'ReadWriteResource'),
+    #(r'^model$', 'ModelFormResource'),
+    #(r'^container$', 'ContainerFactory'),
+    #(r'^container/((?P<key>[^/]+))$', 'ContainerInstance'),
     
-    (r'^blogpost/create$', 'BlogPostCreator'),
-    (r'^blogposts/(?P<slug>[^/]+)', 'BlogPostInstance'),
+    (r'^blog-posts/$', 'BlogPostList'),
+    (r'^blog-post/$', 'BlogPostCreator'),
+    (r'^blog-post/(?P<key>[^/]+)/$', 'BlogPostInstance'),
+
+    (r'^blog-post/(?P<blogpost_id>[^/]+)/comments/$', 'CommentList'),
+    (r'^blog-post/(?P<blogpost_id>[^/]+)/comment/$', 'CommentCreator'),
+    (r'^blog-post/(?P<blogpost>[^/]+)/comments/(?P<id>[^/]+)/$', 'CommentInstance'),
 )

src/testapp/views.py

@@ -1,78 +1,111 @@
-from rest.resource import Resource, ModelResource
-from testapp.forms import ExampleForm
-from testapp.models import ExampleModel, ExampleContainer, BlogPost, Comment
+from rest.resource import Resource, ModelResource, QueryModelResource
+from testapp.models import BlogPost, Comment
  
 class RootResource(Resource):
-    """This is my docstring
-    """
+    """This is the top level resource for the API.
+    All the sub-resources are discoverable from here."""
     allowed_operations = ('read',)
 
     def read(self, headers={}, *args, **kwargs):
-        return (200, {'read-only-api': self.reverse(ReadOnlyResource),
-                      'write-only-api': self.reverse(WriteOnlyResource),
-                      'read-write-api': self.reverse(ReadWriteResource),
-                      'model-api': self.reverse(ModelFormResource),
-                      'create-container': self.reverse(ContainerFactory),
-                      'blog-post-creator': self.reverse(BlogPostCreator)}, {})
+        return (200, {'blog-posts': self.reverse(BlogPostList),
+                      'blog-post': self.reverse(BlogPostCreator)}, {})
 
 
-class ReadOnlyResource(Resource):
-    """This is my docstring
-    """
-    allowed_operations = ('read',)
+# Blog Post Resources
 
-    def read(self, headers={}, *args, **kwargs):
-        return (200, {'ExampleString': 'Example',
-                      'ExampleInt': 1,
-                      'ExampleDecimal': 1.0}, {})
+class BlogPostList(QueryModelResource):
+    """A resource which lists all existing blog posts."""
+    allowed_operations = ('read', )
+    model = BlogPost
 
 
-class WriteOnlyResource(Resource):
-    """This is my docstring
-    """
-    allowed_operations = ('update',)
-
-    def update(self, data, headers={}, *args, **kwargs):
-        return (200, data, {})
-
-
-class ReadWriteResource(Resource):
-    allowed_operations = ('read', 'update', 'delete')
-    create_form = ExampleForm
-    update_form = ExampleForm
-
-
-class ModelFormResource(ModelResource):
-    allowed_operations = ('read', 'update', 'delete')
-    model = ExampleModel
-
-# Nice things: form validation is applied to any input type
-#              html forms for output
-#              output always serialized nicely
-class ContainerFactory(ModelResource):
+class BlogPostCreator(ModelResource):
+    """A resource with which blog posts may be created."""
     allowed_operations = ('create',)
-    model = ExampleContainer
-    fields = ('absolute_uri', 'name', 'key')
-    form_fields = ('name',)
+    model = BlogPost
+    fields = ('created', 'title', 'slug', 'content', 'absolute_url', 'comment_url', 'comments_url')
 
 
-class ContainerInstance(ModelResource):
+class BlogPostInstance(ModelResource):
+    """A resource which represents a single blog post."""
     allowed_operations = ('read', 'update', 'delete')
-    model = ExampleContainer
-    fields = ('absolute_uri', 'name', 'key')
-    form_fields = ('name',)
+    model = BlogPost
+    fields = ('created', 'title', 'slug', 'content', 'absolute_url', 'comment_url', 'comments_url')
+
+
+# Comment Resources
+
+class CommentList(QueryModelResource):
+    """A resource which lists all existing comments for a given blog post."""
+    allowed_operations = ('read', )
+    model = Comment
+
+
+class CommentCreator(ModelResource):
+    """A resource with which blog comments may be created for a given blog post."""
+    allowed_operations = ('create',)
+    model = Comment
+    fields = ('username', 'comment', 'created', 'rating', 'absolute_url', 'blogpost_url')
+
+
+class CommentInstance(ModelResource):
+    """A resource which represents a single comment."""
+    allowed_operations = ('read', 'update', 'delete')
+    model = Comment
+    fields = ('username', 'comment', 'created', 'rating', 'absolute_url', 'blogpost_url')
+    
+#
+#'read-only-api': self.reverse(ReadOnlyResource),
+#                      'write-only-api': self.reverse(WriteOnlyResource),
+#                      'read-write-api': self.reverse(ReadWriteResource),
+#                      'model-api': self.reverse(ModelFormResource),
+#                      'create-container': self.reverse(ContainerFactory),
+#
+#class ReadOnlyResource(Resource):
+#    """This is my docstring
+#    """
+#    allowed_operations = ('read',)
+#
+#    def read(self, headers={}, *args, **kwargs):
+#        return (200, {'ExampleString': 'Example',
+#                      'ExampleInt': 1,
+#                      'ExampleDecimal': 1.0}, {})
+#
+#
+#class WriteOnlyResource(Resource):
+#    """This is my docstring
+#    """
+#    allowed_operations = ('update',)
+#
+#    def update(self, data, headers={}, *args, **kwargs):
+#        return (200, data, {})
+#
+#
+#class ReadWriteResource(Resource):
+#    allowed_operations = ('read', 'update', 'delete')
+#    create_form = ExampleForm
+#    update_form = ExampleForm
+#
+#
+#class ModelFormResource(ModelResource):
+#    allowed_operations = ('read', 'update', 'delete')
+#    model = ExampleModel
+#
+## Nice things: form validation is applied to any input type
+##              html forms for output
+##              output always serialized nicely
+#class ContainerFactory(ModelResource):
+#    allowed_operations = ('create',)
+#    model = ExampleContainer
+#    fields = ('absolute_uri', 'name', 'key')
+#    form_fields = ('name',)
+#
+#
+#class ContainerInstance(ModelResource):
+#    allowed_operations = ('read', 'update', 'delete')
+#    model = ExampleContainer
+#    fields = ('absolute_uri', 'name', 'key')
+#    form_fields = ('name',)
 
 #######################
 
-    
-class BlogPostCreator(ModelResource):
-    """A Resource with which blog posts may be created.
-    This is distinct from blog post instance so that it is discoverable by the client.
-    (ie the client doens't need to know how to form a blog post url in order to create a blog post)"""
-    allowed_operations = ('create',)
-    model = BlogPost
-    
-class BlogPostInstance(ModelResource):
-    """Represents a single Blog Post."""
-    allowed_operations = ('read', 'update', 'delete')
-    model = BlogPost