Hi Lachlan, Simple and clear explanation. Thanks!
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Lachlan Musicman <[email protected]> wrote: > The way I always describe APIs (in a broad, general sense) is: > > Image internet service "Twotter" had posts, and each post had a date. > > If they had a date API you might be able to get all of the posts for a > month like: > > for month in months: > return "https://twotter.org/%s"; %month > > and then you could see all the twotter posts for the month "month". > > Of course, it could be any variable on any model - gender or length or > a boolean or whatever > > Cheers > L. > > > On 23 October 2014 19:20, Max Nathaniel Ho <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Andreas, > > > > Thank you. Will read up! > > > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Andreas Kuhne < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Max, > >> > >> I think you should really just google it a bit and read about it. > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer is a good > >> start. > >> > >> A simplified version is that a REST API allows you to get information > >> about your database models in a structured and predictive way. HOW the > API > >> should behave is also documented. > >> > >> You wouldn't use it for presenting information on the web, but rather > for > >> connecting to your backend via javascript or connecting 2 different > projects > >> over the Internet. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Andréas > >> > >> 2014-10-23 10:14 GMT+02:00 Max Nathaniel Ho <[email protected]>: > >>> > >>> Hi Russell, > >>> > >>> Thanks for your reply. As I am fairly new to django and programming in > >>> general, do you mind sharing what REST APIs actually do? Thank you! > >>> > >>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Russell Keith-Magee > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Max, > >>>> > >>>> Django ReST Framework, as the name suggests, is a framework for > building > >>>> ReST APIs in Django. > >>>> > >>>> It's not officially part of the Django framework, but it's creator and > >>>> principle maintainer - Tom Christie - is a member of the Django core > team. > >>>> Tom recently held a Kickstarter to fund v3 of the framework; that > >>>> Kickstarter was extraordinarily successful due to the support of the > >>>> community. > >>>> > >>>> If you need to write a ReSTful API for your Django app, it's well > worth > >>>> your time to take a look at it. > >>>> > >>>> Yours, > >>>> Russ Magee %-) > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Max Nathaniel Ho < > [email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> > >>>>> I just came across Django REST Framework. From what I have read up so > >>>>> far, its a Web API framework. > >>>>> > >>>>> What does it do and what is the difference between this and the > regular > >>>>> Django Web Framework? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks! > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>>> Groups "Django users" group. > >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > >>>>> an email to [email protected]. > >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit > >>>>> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/94c429f5-6028-4e17-9839-4e5c76f99a6d%40googlegroups.com > . > >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > >>>> Google Groups "Django users" group. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > >>>> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/django-users/z9FJVsVnK4o/unsubscribe. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > >>>> [email protected]. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit > >>>> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAJxq84_zzgwEUOM1tw%2B558LrVWjoN_ef__OBwqDUiSjdESTOMQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > >>>> > >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > >>> Max Nathaniel Ho. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >>> "Django users" group. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > >>> email to [email protected]. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > >>> To view this discussion on the web visit > >>> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAMognGGKu-D576%3DXYYh2yBCEnaEny-fjE%2BNOcjT8%2BZ%3DRVwa_Tw%40mail.gmail.com > . > >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > >> Google Groups "Django users" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/django-users/z9FJVsVnK4o/unsubscribe. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > >> [email protected]. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CALXYUb%3D0c1R_%3DsDKSuzDTKOb%2BHKio0DfgaK6PsRGT%3DYLFSvUTQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > >> > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Max Nathaniel Ho. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAMognGGib0aQ190%2BYTLDRx7Zfmt6PRUpyiHHGuj8ofQ6ctG10Q%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You have to be really clever to come up with a genuinely dangerous > thought. I am disheartened that people can be clever enough to do that > and not clever enough to do the obvious thing and KEEP THEIR IDIOT > MOUTHS SHUT about it, because it is much more important to sound > intelligent when talking to your friends. > This post was STUPID. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment of All Time > > http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of_all_time.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/django-users/z9FJVsVnK4o/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAGBeqiPkJmY92PdOjWQNZa3sbekiC9xmXRxc7D6Ze6Az02-8xQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Regards, Max Nathaniel Ho. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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