Simple RESTFUL client/server example in Python?

Is there an online resource that shows how to write a simple (but robust) RESTFUL server/client (preferably with authentication), written in Python?

The objective is开发者_运维问答 to be able to write my own lightweight RESTFUL services without being encumbered by an entire web framework. Having said that, if there is a way to do this (i.e. write RESFUL services) in a lightweight manner using Django, I'd be equally interested.

Actually, coming to thing of it, I may even PREFER a Django based solution (provided its lightweight enough - i.e. does not bring the whole framework into play), since I will be able to take advantage of only the components I need, in order to implement better security/access to the services.

Well, first of all you can use django-piston, as @Tudorizer already mentioned.

But then again, as I see it (and I might be wrong!), REST is more of a set of design guidelines, rather than a concrete API. What it essentially says is that the interaction with your service should not be based on 'things you can do' (typical RPC-style methods), but rather 'things, you can act on in predictable ways, organized in a certain way' (the 'resource' entity and http verbs).

That being said, you don't need anything extra to write REST-style services using django.

Consider the following:

# urlconf
from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^tickets$', 'myapp.views.tickets', name='tickets'),
    url(r'^ticket/(?P<id>\d+)$', 'myapp.views.tickets', name='ticket'),
    url(r'^ticket$', 'myapp.views.tickets', name='ticket'),
)

# views
def tickets(request):
    tickets = Ticket.objects.all()
    return render_to_response('tickets.html', {'tickets':tickets})

def ticket(request, id=None):
    if id is not None:
        ticket = get_object_or_404(Ticket, id=id)
    if request.method == 'POST':
        # create or update ticket here
    else:
        # just render the ticket (GET)
    ...

... and so on.

What matters is how your service is exposed to its user, not the library/toolkit/framework it uses.

This one looks promising. http://parand.com/say/index.php/2009/04/30/django-piston-rest-framework-for-django/ I've used it before and it's pretty nifty. Having said that, it doesn't seem maintained recently.