[Tutor] build a really simple "json" api from a db

[Kent Johnson]

Picio wrote:
> The beginning idea was to build a json API myself. Since I need only
> to generate json from a db, maybe Django is too much. I'm a Django
> beginner. I don't know Turbogears.
> I've not found anything like: "how to build a json api".
> Maybe MySqldb+simplejson is the enough?

I guess it depends on how you expect the site to grow. If your needs are 
modest and likely to remain so, maybe a Python CGI that reads data from 
MySQL and publishes it with simplejson is fine. You could do this with 
Django but for something really simple it's probably not worth the trouble.

But if the site is going to grow, Django adds a lot, including an object 
model on top of the database, url dispatching and templated views. If 
that will be useful down the road then it might be worth starting with 
Django.

Kent

> Or
> Is It more simple to learn how to use Django to create a json api?
> 
> 2007/7/28, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>:
>> "Picio" <picioslug at gmail.com> wrote
>>
>>> Hello, I'd like to know the necessary steps to build a json api for
>>> two table on my db.
>> Since you seem to be using Django are you sure that isn't built in?
>>
>> I use Turbo Gears and JSON is a standard feature turned on by
>> an option in a method. Django is quite similar to TG in most respects
>> so I'll be surprised if it can't do JSON directly.
>>
>>> I've seen this snippet on the djangosnippet site.
>>> http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/154/
>>> Is It the right way.
>> If its on the Django web site and you are using Django then
>> probably! :-)
>>
>> It certainly looks like a recommendation to me.
>>
>> --
>> Alan Gauld
>> Author of the Learn to Program web site
>> http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
>>
>>
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