Hi Nicholas, This is quite interesting and quite couchdb like. I don't know much (yet) about fluidinfo. I also posted a question about APIs earlier with no response yet ( http://www.mail-archive.com/europython-improve@python.org/msg01561.html).
In the ep2011 iphone/android mobile app I'm working on I've been using the XML data feed. I'm currently using phonegap for the first version. I'm essentially working with a browser and javascript. Reading XML and massaging a schedule out of it isn't pleasant. I'd +1 the REST approach :) All the best, Oisin On 23 March 2011 11:43, Nicholas Tollervey <nt...@ntoll.org> wrote: > Hi, > > A few weeks ago I volunteered to help with a Europython API. I didn't > get any response :-( > > So being a go-ahead sort of a chap I've been doing some work of my own. > John Pinner, Alex Willmer and I have recently been in contact with each > other and I managed to get my hands on the Europython 2010 data. > > I've used this as a starting point for experimenting with Fluidinfo as a > means of providing an instant *writeable* HTTP/REST API for a > conference. > > Fluidinfo allows you to tag objects with information. I've created > objects to represent two types of things: speakers and > events. Speakers are tagged with, er, speaker information and, > surprisingly enough, events are tagged with information about talks, > meetings etc... > > You can have a look around with the explorer: > > http://explorer.fluidinfo.com/fluidinfo/europython.eu > > The namespace/tag hierarchy is on the left. Matching objects and > associated values will be displayed in the main body. > > Here's an example query using fluidinfo.py (it's in PyPI): > > >>> headers, result = fluidinfo.call('GET', '/values', > tags=['europython.eu/2010/event/title', > 'europython.eu/2010/event/related-speakers', > 'europython.eu/2010/event/start-time', 'europython.eu/2010/event/date', > 'europython.eu/2010/event/location'<http://europython.eu/2010/event/location%27>], > query='has > europython.eu/2010/intended-audience/advanced and has > europython.eu/2010/streams/web') > > (Basically I'm asking for the title, speakers, start-time, date and > location of all *advanced* talks at Europython2010 that are about the > Web) > > >>> pprint.pprint(result) > {u'results': {u'id': {u'a95ba6f2-b148-4332-a385-cad911f6285b': > {u'europython.eu/2010/event/date': {u'value': u'Saturday 17 July 2010'}, > > u'europython.eu/2010/event/location': {u'value': u'Lecture Room 2'}, > > u'europython.eu/2010/event/related-speakers': {u'value': [u'Gustavo > Narea']}, > > u'europython.eu/2010/event/start-time': {u'value': u'11:00'}, > > u'europython.eu/2010/event/title': {u'value': u'WSGI from Start to > Finish'}}}}} > > A bit more explanation: > > Before being able to tag any objects you need to create the tags you're > going to use in a top-level namespace associated with your user. I've > created tags in the europython.eu/2010 namespace within which I've > created the following sub-namespaces: > > class-type: Contains tags to indicate the type of classes held at > Europython 2010. > > event: Contains tags used to describe / annotate an event at Europython > 2010. > > intended-audience: Contains tags to indicate the intended audience of > events at Europython 2010. > > locations: Contains tags to indicate the locations of events help at > Europython 2010. > > speaker: Contains tags used to describe / annotate a speaker at > Europython 2010. > > speakers: Contains tags to identify individual speakers. These are > tagged to appropriate events at Europython 2010 - depending upon their > involvement. > > streams: Contains tags to place events at Europython 2010 into the > appropriate stream. > > Most importantly, using Fluidinfo means we'd have a writeable API - i.e. > conference attendees can add, annotate and expand the data about EP2011. > > Of course, there are bonus points because Fluidinfo is written in > Python. > > Is this useful..? Can I get my hands on the EP2011 data when it's > ready..? Will anyone respond this time..? ;-) > > Nicholas. > > _______________________________________________ > Europython-improve mailing list > Europython-improve@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve >
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