I am coming from a Java REST background to Python
on Google App Engine's
. I need some help using webapp2
with path-parameters. Below is an example of how Java would read a request. Will someone please translate the code into how python would read it with webapp2
?
// URL: my_dogs/user_id/{user_id}/dog_name/{a_name}/breed/{breed}/{weight}
@Path("my_dogs/user_id/{user_id}/dog_name/{a_name}/breed/{breed}/{weight}")
public Response getMyDog(
@PathParam("user_id") Integer id,
@PathParam("a_name") String name,
@PathParam("breed") String breed,
@PathParam("weight") String weight
){
//the variables are: id, name, breed, weight.
///use them somehow
}
I have already gone over the examples on google ( https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstartedpython27/usingwebapp ). But I don't know how to extend the simple
app = webapp2.WSGIApplication([('/', MainPage),
('/sign', Guestbook)],
debug=True)
Have a look at URI routing in webapp2. Here you can match / route an URI and get the arguments. These keyword arguments are passed to your handler : http://webapp2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guide/routing.html#the-url-template
Here is a helloworld example with one argument {action} :
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import webapp2
class ActionPage(webapp2.RequestHandler):
def get(self, action):
self.response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/plain'
self.response.out.write('Action, ' + action)
class MainPage(webapp2.RequestHandler):
def get(self):
self.response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/plain'
self.response.write('Hello, webapp2 World!')
app = webapp2.WSGIApplication([
webapp2.Route(r'/<action:(start|failed)>', handler=ActionPage),
webapp2.Route(r'/', handler=MainPage),
], debug=True)
And your app.yaml:
application: helloworld
version: 1
runtime: python27
api_version: 1
threadsafe: false
handlers:
- url: (.*)
script: helloworld.app
libraries:
- name: webapp2
version: latest
This works fine in the SDK when I try
http://localhost:8080/start # result: Action, start
or
http://localhost:8080 # result: Hello, webapp2 World!