Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of S3REST

Timestamp:

03/01/10 01:50:36 (16 years ago)

Author:

Dominic König

Comment:

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S3REST

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 s3rest uses the XRequest class (described below) to represent the current REST request, instead of the web2py request object. Other than web2py/request, the XRequest of the current call is not a global object, but passed as argument when calling REST method handlers.
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+=== REST Methods ===
+
+It is critical to understand that RESTful requests have two components that determine the response:
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+  - the URL addresses the resource
+  - the HTTP method determines the action to be taken with that resource
+
+Thus, a HTTP/GET of an URL means something completely different than HTTP/PUT or HTTP/DELETE.
+
+A resource in this terminology is either of:
+
+  - a database table or one or more records in that table
+  - a combination of tables or records (so called "compound" or "joined" resources)
+  - a function in the application related to one of the above resource types
+
 === Method Handlers ===