congress.api.webservice module¶

class congress.api.webservice.AbstractApiHandler(path_regex)¶

Bases: object

Abstract handler for API requests.

Attributes:

path_regex: The regular expression matching paths supported by this

handler.

handle_request(request)¶

Handle a REST request.

Param:	request: A webob request object.
Returns:	A webob response object.

handles_request(request)¶

Return true iff handler supports the request.

class congress.api.webservice.CollectionHandler(path_regex, model, allow_named_create=True, allow_list=True, allow_create=True, allow_replace=False)¶

Bases: congress.api.webservice.AbstractApiHandler

API handler for REST collection resources.

REST collections represent collections of entities in the data model, and often support the following operations: - List elements in the collection - Create new element in the collection

The following less-common collection operations are NOT SUPPORTED: - Replace all elements in the collection - Delete all elements in the collection

create_member(request, id_=None)¶

handle_request(request)¶

Handle a REST request.

Param:	request: A webob request object.
Returns:	A webob response object.

list_members(request)¶

replace_members(request)¶

exception congress.api.webservice.DataModelException(error_code, description, data=None, http_status_code=400)¶

Bases: exceptions.Exception

Congress API Data Model Exception

Custom exception raised by API Data Model methods to communicate errors to the API framework.

classmethod create(error)¶

Generate a DataModelException from an existing CongressException.

Param:	error: has a ‘name’ field corresponding to an error_codes error-name. It may also have a ‘data’ field.
Returns:	a DataModelException properly populated.

rest_response()¶

class congress.api.webservice.ElementHandler(path_regex, model, collection_handler=None, allow_read=True, allow_actions=True, allow_replace=True, allow_update=True, allow_delete=True)¶

Bases: congress.api.webservice.AbstractApiHandler

API handler for REST element resources.

REST elements represent individual entities in the data model, and often support the following operations: - Read a representation of the element - Update (replace) the entire element with a new version - Update (patch) parts of the element with new values - Delete the element

Elements may also exhibit ‘controller’ semantics for RPC-style method invocation, however this is not currently supported.

action(request)¶

delete(request)¶

handle_request(request)¶

Handle a REST request.

Param:	request: A webob request object.
Returns:	A webob response object.

read(request)¶

replace(request)¶

update(request)¶

class congress.api.webservice.SimpleDataModel(model_name)¶

Bases: object

A container providing access to a single type of data.

add_item(item, params, id_=None, context=None)¶

Add item to model.

Param:	item: The item to add to the model
Param:	params: A dict-like object containing parameters from the request query string and body.
Param:	The ID of the item, or None if an ID should be generated
Param:	context: Key-values providing frame of reference of request
Returns:	Tuple of (ID, newly_created_item)
Raises:	KeyError – ID already exists. DataModelException – Addition cannot be performed.

delete_item(id_, params, context=None)¶

Remove item from model.

Param:	id_: The ID of the item to be removed
Param:	params: A dict-like object containing parameters from the request query string and body.
Param:	context: Key-values providing frame of reference of request
Returns:	The removed item.
Raises:	KeyError – Item with specified id_ not present.

get_item(id_, params, context=None)¶

Retrieve item with id id_ from model.

Param:	id_: The ID of the item to retrieve
Param:	params: A dict-like object containing parameters from the request query string and body.
Param:	context: Key-values providing frame of reference of request
Returns:	The matching item or None if item with id_ does not exist.

get_items(params, context=None)¶

Get items in model.

Param:	params: A dict-like object containing parameters from the request query string and body.
Param:	context: Key-values providing frame of reference of request
Returns:	A dict containing at least a ‘results’ key whose value is a list of items in the model. Additional keys set in the dict will also be rendered for the user.

replace_item(id_, item, params, context=None)¶

Replace item with id_ with new data.

Param:	id_: The ID of the item to be replaced item: The new item
Param:	params: A dict-like object containing parameters from the request query string and body.
Param:	context: Key-values providing frame of reference of request
Returns:	The new item after replacement.
Raises:	KeyError – Item with specified id_ not present. DataModelException – Replacement cannot be performed.

replace_items(items, params, context=None)¶

Replace items in the model.

Param:	items: A dict-like object containing new data
Param:	params: A dict-like object containing parameters
Param:	context: Key-values providing frame of reference of request
Returns:	None

update_item(id_, item, params, context=None)¶

Update item with id_ with new data.

Param:	id_: The ID of the item to be updated item: The new item
Param:	params: A dict-like object containing parameters from the request query string and body.
Param:	context: Key-values providing frame of reference of request
Returns:	The updated item.
Raises:	KeyError – Item with specified id_ not present. DataModelException – Update cannot be performed.

congress.api.webservice.error_response(status, error_code, description, data=None)¶

Construct and return an error response.

Args:

status: The HTTP status code of the response. error_code: The application-specific error code. description: Friendly G11N-enabled string corresponding to error_code. data: Additional data (not G11N-enabled) for the API consumer.

congress.api.webservice.original_msg(e)¶

Undo oslo-messaging added traceback to return original exception msg