restler-serialization 0.2

Restler provides flexible and configurable JSON and XML object serialization for the web

Restler is an object Serialization library for the web. It supports translating objects to JSON or XML. Currently, it is targeted at Google App Engine. Documentation can be found at: http://substrate-docs.appspot.com/restler.html

If you are using App Engine, you may also be interested in Substrate, which packages Restler and several other useful libraries into an application template: http://substrate-docs.appspot.com

Installation

Install Restler from PyPi using easy_install or pip; or download the package and run:

python setup.py install

(Running setup.py requires setuptools.)

Running Tests

To run restler’s tests:

./run_tests.py

Running tests requires unittest2 and the Google App Engine SDK.

Usage

A db.Model instance can be serialized with the default settings using to_json or to_xml.

>>> jean = Person(first_name="Jeanne", last_name="d'Arc", ssn="N/A")
>>> to_json(jean)
'{"first_name": "Jeanne", "last_name": "d\'Arc", "ssn": "N/A"}'

To include only certain fields, use a ModelStrategy.

>>> person_strategy = ModelStrategy(Person).include("first_name", "last_name")
>>> to_json(jean, person_strategy)
'{"first_name": "Jeanne", "last_name": "d'Arc"}'

Or, to exclude specified fields:

>>> person_strategy = ModelStrategy(Person, include_all_fields=True).exclude("ssn")
>>> to_json(jean, person_strategy)
'{"first_name": "Jeanne", "last_name": "d'Arc"}'

For more details on customizing serialization, see the documentation.

TODO

• re-arrange so importing serializers does not require Google App Engine

• Support models other that App Engine’s db.Model (Django models, dicts, plain old Python objects, etc.)