State of REST

• Started using Python 1.5
• Started using Django 0.91

• django-nap
  
• django-rated

• Kogan (IE7 Tax)

• Authorisation/Authentication
• Data formats
• Serialiser
• Shapes
• Pagination
• Rate limiting
• Filtering
• API Versioning
• Generic Views
• Use in Views

• HTTP Basic
• HTTP Digest
• API Key
• Session/Django
• OAuth 1.0a
• Multi / Custom

• read_list
• read_detail
• create_list
• create_detail
• update_list
• update_detail
• delete_list
• delete_detail

• Global, shared, per-view.

resource = ThingResource()
    
def thing_list(request, **kwargs):
    base_bundle = self.build_bundle(request=request)
    objects = resource.obj_get_list(bundle=base_bundle, **resource.remove_api_resource_names(kwargs))
    sorted_objects = resource.apply_sorting(objects, options=request.GET)
    
    paginator = resource._meta.paginator_class(request.GET,
        sorted_objects,
        resource_uri=resource.get_resource_uri(),
        limit=resource._meta.limit,
        max_limit=resource._meta.max_limit,
        collection_name=resource._meta.collection_name
    )
    to_be_serialized = paginator.page()

    bundles = [
        resource.full_dehydrate(
            resource.build_bundle(obj=obj, request=request),
            for_list=True
        )
        for obj in to_be_serialized[resource._meta.collection_name]
    ]

    to_be_serialized[resource._meta.collection_name] = bundles
    to_be_serialized = resource.alter_list_data_to_serialize(request, to_be_serialized)

    return render(request, 'thing/thing_list.html', {'resource': to_be_serialized})
    

def thing_list(request, **kwargs):
    try:
        publisher = ThingPublisher(request, **kwargs)
        data = publisher.get_page(publisher.get_object_list())
        serialiser = publisher.get_serialiser()
        data['objects'] = serialiser.list_deflate(data['objects'])
    except http.BaseHttpResponse as e:
        return e

    return render(request, 'thing/thing_list.html', {'resource': data})