restkit shell¶
restkit come with a IPython based shell to help you to debug your http apps. Just run:
$ restkit --shell http://benoitc.github.com/restkit/
HTTP Methods¶
- ::
>>> delete([req|url|path_info]) # send a HTTP delete >>> get([req|url|path_info], **query_string) # send a HTTP get >>> head([req|url|path_info], **query_string) # send a HTTP head >>> post([req|url|path_info], [Stream()|**query_string_body]) # send a HTTP post >>> put([req|url|path_info], stream) # send a HTTP put
Helpers¶
>>> req # request to play with. By default http methods will use this one
<Request at 0x18fdb70 GET http://benoitc.github.com/restkit/>
>>> stream # Stream() instance if you specified a -i in command line
None
>>> ctypes # Content-Types helper with headers properties
<ContentTypes(['application_atom_xml', 'application_json',
'application_rss_xml', 'application_xhtml_xml', 'application_xml',
'application_xsl_xml', 'application_xslt_xml', 'image_svg_xml',
'text_html', 'text_xml'])>
restkit shell 1.2.1
1) restcli$
Here is a sample session:
1) restcli$ req
----------> req()
GET /restkit/ HTTP/1.0
Host: benoitc.github.com
2) restcli$ get()
200 OK
Content-Length: 10476
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Expires: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:25:09 GMT
Server: nginx/0.7.61
Last-Modified: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:53:16 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=86400
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:25:09 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
2) <Response at 0x19333b0 200 OK>
3) restcli$ resp.status
3) '200 OK'
4) restcli$ put()
405 Not Allowed
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:25:28 GMT
Content-Length: 173
Content-Type: text/html
Connection: keep-alive
Server: nginx/0.7.61
<html>
<head><title>405 Not Allowed</title></head>
<body bgcolor="white">
<center><h1>405 Not Allowed</h1></center>
<hr><center>nginx/0.7.61</center>
</body>
</html>
4) <Response at 0x1933330 405 Not Allowed>
5) restcli$ resp.status
5) '405 Not Allowed'
6) restcli$ req.path_info = '/restkit/api/index.html'
7) restcli$ get
----------> get()
200 OK
Content-Length: 10476
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Expires: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:26:18 GMT
Server: nginx/0.7.61
Last-Modified: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:53:16 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=86400
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:26:18 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
7) <Response at 0x19300f0 200 OK>
8) restcli$ get('/restkit')
301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://benoitc.github.com/restkit/
<html>
<head><title>301 Moved Permanently</title></head>
<body bgcolor="white">
<center><h1>301 Moved Permanently</h1></center>
<hr><center>nginx/0.7.61</center>
</body>
</html>
8) <Response at 0x1930410 301 Moved Permanently>
9) restcli$ resp.location
9) 'http://benoitc.github.com/restkit/'