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Now let's focus on what's the steps for a request to be fulfilled on a Tastypie endpoint.
When a request is received from a client, Django checks for any existing routes inside `urlpatterns`, the variable with all the available routes inside the project.
If a pattern was found, Django will call the associated view (function or class) with the following parameters:
If the URL didn't match any pattern, then Django will take care of it via an appropriate error handling view.
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Each endpoint needs a function to manipulate and return the data. But these functions have a standard format
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The response is generated using the specific class method of the resource. If it's a default endpoint, the methods look like [HTTP_method]_[view_type] (e.g. get_list, post_detail) and if it's a custom endpoint, the method's name is the defined route for the endpoint (e.g. add_more_entries)
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The dispatch method makes sure the followings are fulfilled:
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In Tastypie, there are 3 types of endpoints:
List endpoints return a list of objects (as the name implies) and it looks like `host_address/api/entity`.
Detail endpoints return a single instance of an object and it looks similar to t...
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The following actions will be done when calling the get_list:
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Tastypie is a framework for Django that helps programmers to develop RESTful APIs on top of their already existing projects.
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This article is recommended to be read having some prerequisites. You should be familiar with HTTP Methods and some basics regarding Django.
If that's not your case, please check the resources below before proceeding with the article:
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Once Django redirects the request to a Tastypie resource, it checks for the available URLs and lets Tastypie do the rest.
Assuming the URL is`host-domain/api/v1/entity/` (which is a list view):
If the view was matched, `Resource.wrap_view('dispatch_list')` is called. The wrap_view m...
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As a general rule, each group of endpoints is seen as a resource. When I say a group of endpoints I mean a collection of HTTP methods on a specific route (e.g. GET, POST and DELETE on /api/entity).
These resources have a lot of features, which include allowing you to access the end...
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