Thanks Anthony now i got it and i am able to post the request by using the CURL
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > If you want to make a POST > request<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POST_%28HTTP%29>, > you need some way to send the post data from a client. The client could be > a browser, in which case you can send post data by submitting a form or by > sending an Ajax POST request. The client could be another server, in which > case, you can use something like urllib2.urlopen() in Python ( > http://docs.python.org/library/urllib2.html) or the Linux curlcommand-line > utility ( > http://www.yilmazhuseyin.com/blog/dev/curl-tutorial-examples-usage/). You > cannot make a POST request by simply visiting a URL in a browser -- that > will only result in a GET request. > > What exactly are you trying to do? How are you intending to make requests > to this API? > > Anthony > > > On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:29:06 PM UTC-4, Sanjeet Roy wrote: >> >> Hi Anthony actually i didn't get you i want ipost the data something like >> that which are given in the following link :- >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/**msg70275.html<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg70275.html> >> >> http://vimeo.com/21133657 >> >> http://www.reddit.com/r/**programming/comments/g5hxq/** >> web2py_trunk_has_a_new_**restful_api_that_writes_db/**c1l2ykg<http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/g5hxq/web2py_trunk_has_a_new_restful_api_that_writes_db/c1l2ykg> >> >> >> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You could submit the post request via a form on the page, with the >>> form's action set to the get_person URL, or you could submit via Ajax, >>> possibly using jQuery.post() (see >>> http://api.jquery.com/**jQuery.post/<http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/> >>> ). >>> >>> Anthony >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 3:01:09 PM UTC-4, Sanjeet Roy wrote: >>>> >>>> Hii Anthony i have the following in my db:- >>>> >>>> db.define_table('person',**Field**('name'),Field('**birthdate','** >>>> date')) >>>> db.define_table('dog',Field('**n**ame'),Field('owner',db.**person)** >>>> ,Field('info','text')) >>>> >>>> and api.py is my controller :- >>>> >>>> @request.restful() >>>> def get_person(): >>>> def GET(id): >>>> person = db.person(id) >>>> return person.as_dict() if person else None >>>> def POST(owner,name,info): >>>> return db.dog.validate_and_insert(**own** >>>> er=owner,name=name,info=**info) >>>> return locals() >>>> >>> >> How can i post and insert the data in to the table dog which are given >> above . >> >> like that :- >> >> curl -i -d >> "info=aInfo&name=aName&owner=**74"http://localhost:8000/**restful/api/manage_dog >> <http://localhost:8000/restful/api/manage_dog> >> >> which are given in the above link. >> >>
