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Asked: 2026-05-11T16:32:20+00:00

I have been struggling with choosing a methodology for creating a RESTful API with

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I have been struggling with choosing a methodology for creating a RESTful API with Django. None of the approaches I’ve tried seem to be the “silver” bullet. WAPI from http://fi.am is probably the closest to what I would like to accomplish, however I am not sure if it is acceptable in a true RESTful API to have parameters that are resource identifiers be in the querystring instead of in a “clean” URL format. Any suggestions for modifying WAPIs RestBinding.PATTERN to “clean” up the URLs? Another option I’ve explored is Django-Rest-Interface. However this framework seems to violate one of the most important pieces I need, and that is to include the full resource URL for references to other resources (see http://jacobian.org/writing/rest-worst-practices/ Improper Use of Links). The final option is to use django-multiresponse and basically do it the long way.

Please offer me your best advice, especially people that have dealt with this decision.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I believe the recently released django-piston is now the best solution for creating a proper REST interface in Django. django-piston

    Note: django-piston seems to no longer be maintained (see comments below)

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