Alternatives to Django REST Framework

[Amit Prahesh]

Hi,

while Django REST Framework seems wonderful to me, it is a heayweight
option for a little project of mine. I wonder if there are simpler
alternatives for publishing a simple API?

TIA,
AP.

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Model super class with overriding save method

[Amit Prahesh]

Hi,

because of hysterical raisins I need that the models of a simple app I
was tasked upon have their primary fields to consist of strings of
randomly generated characters (think something like
'876nce8yr85yndxw45') of a given length. I'm trying to create a super
class that provides this facility, so that the actual models derive
from it. I came up with

class CustomModel(models.Model):
id = models.CharField(max_length=12 primary_key=True)

class Meta:
abstract = True

def save(self, force_insert=False, force_update=False):
if not self.id:
try:
while True:
id = random_identifier()
self.__class__.objects.get(pk=id)
except self.__class__.DoesNotExist:
self.id = id
models.Model.save(self, force_insert, force_update)

apart for a window of collisions on clusters, is there a better way to
accomplish this? Ideas?

Thanks a lot,
Amit.

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ManyToOne from User

[Amit Prahesh]

Hello,

I have a model that should have a group of users related to it.
Basically much like Django's Group. Now, normally this kind of
relation is easily done by puting in the user object a ManyToOne field
to the 'container' model. However, I don't actually have a User object
since I'm using the one provided by Django. Somy question is: how do I
accomplish that?

I thought of using a Group (the Django model) and then having a one to
one relationship in my container; but I think there's a much simpler
and elegant way.

Best regards,
Amit.

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