Thanks for the reference and critique, Tom. Currently this is an internal API to connect two systems together. The query structure was requested from one set of developers. I am planning on setting up an external API for another project and this will be helpful in creating a standard structure.
On Mar 9, 11:03 am, Tom Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am working on an api that outputs a list of JSON based on certain > > criteria. Currently if someone > > entershttp://example.mysite/slideshows/api?id=1 > > it returns a JSON serialized output of the slideshow with that ID. > > > What I would like to do is allow for multiple ids, so > >http://example.mysite/slideshows/api?id=1,2,5,9,10will pull in JSON > > values for each of those slideshows. > > > I'd like to keep from using a third party API solution, I have checked > > them out and I like the customization with the hand built process > > > I am doing everything through a get process in a view, here it is: > > > def slideshowAPI2(request): > > error = False > > if 'id' in request.GET and request.GET['id']: > > id = request.GET['id'] > > object = slideshow.objects.get(pk=id) > > return render_to_response('slideshow.json', > > {'object': object, 'id':id}) > > if 'year' in request.GET and request.GET['year']: > > year = request.GET['year'] > > object = serializers.serialize("json", > > slideshow.objects.filter(publishdate__year=year)) > > html = "%s" % object > > return HttpResponse(html) > > else: > > error = True > > return render_to_response('slideshow.json', {'error': True}) > > Just a mild critique: > > http://example.mysite/slideshows/api?id=1,2,5,9,10 > > This is not the usual or typical way to pass a list of values into a > url query string. Typically, you would specify the id argument > multiple times in the query string. This is how your browser, a JS > framework, django or anything that is designed to parse query strings > would expect to receive a list of values. Eg: > > http://example.mysite/slideshows/api?id=1&id=2&id=5&id=9&id=10 > > In django, you can retrieve a list of values passed in a query string > like this with the getlist() method on QueryDict[1]. Eg: > > if 'id' in request.POST: > ids = request.POST.getlist('id') > > Cheers > > Tom > > [1]http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.1/ref/request-response/#django.htt... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
