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POWhy isn't tastypie easily usable by other parts of my service? I have duplicate codes in tastypie resource and my core service
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copied!<p>I spent whole week to integrate tastypie into my project and now I can't stop think 'why did I do it'. </p> <p>I'm using django and tastypie(REST framework) but my question could be applied to other language/frameworks. </p> <p>My requirements are<br> 1. mobile clients requesting json<br> 2. web clients requesting html and json</p> <p>So I had</p> <blockquote> <ol> <li>end_point for json requests(eg, give me images of this user)</li> <li>end_point for html requests(give me a user home page with his images and etc)</li> <li>core_service(at the bottom) which returns list of images dictionary to #1 and #2</li> </ol> </blockquote> <pre><code>def user_image_list_json(request): # 1 dict = service.user_image_list(request.user_id) return serialize_as_json(dict) def user_home(request): #2 #build other parts of user home such as `user name` dict = service.user_image_list(request.user_id) #stuff that dict inside html #build other parts of the page return html_response #3 def image_list_user(user_id, last_image_id,request_comment_count, count): if last_image_id is not None: last_image_id = int(last_image_id) queryset = AlbumImage.objects.select_related().filter(id__lt=last_image_id).filter(album__user_profile__user__id = user_id) else: queryset = AlbumImage.objects.select_related().filter(album__user_profile__user__id = user_id) if count is not None: count = min(IMAGE_LIST_COUNT, count) queryset = queryset[0:count] else: count = IMAGE_LIST_COUNT album_image_list = list(queryset) #dict_list = [album_image.to_dict() for album_image in album_image_list] dict_list = append_comment_list(album_image_list,request_comment_count) return dict_list </code></pre> <p>That's how I structured my web service to serve web client and mobile client.<br> Now I hear REST framework would ease the web development.(This is my first web development)<br> I adapt tastypie (a django/python REST api framework) </p> <p>I expected tastypie would replace my code at level #3(the common_service).<br> But I find it's actually #1/#3 tied together. </p> <p>If my understanding is correct, I'll end up with </p> <blockquote> <ol> <li><s>end_point for json requests(eg, give me images of this user)</s></li> <li>end_point for html requests(give me a user home page with his images)</li> <li>core_service(at the bottom) which returns python dictionary to #1 and #2</li> <li>tastypie which act as combination of #1/#3</li> </ol> </blockquote> <p>So I still need #3.(the core service) even when I have tastypie.<br> I find it weird...</p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14647819/using-tastypie-api-from-other-views">Using tastypie api from other views</a> is my related question. </p>

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