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2018-05-15 03:13:16 +00:00
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<topic id="topic_wmg_2hy_5db">
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<title>No REST</title>
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<p>The first part of which is or will be fairly blatantly obvious upon viewing the first
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example, but it's worth reiterating anyway. That being that this API is <b><i>not</i></b> a
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REST API. Nor indeed could it ever be one.</p>
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<p>Most, if not all, Python programmers (and not just Python programmers) know how easy it is
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to work with a RESTful API. In fact they've become so popular that many other APIs attempt
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to emulate REST-like behaviour as much as they are able. Right down to the use of JSON
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formatted output to facilitate the use of their API without having to retrain
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developers.</p>
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<p>This API does not do that. It would not be able to do that and also provide access to the
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entire C API on which it's built. It does, however, provide a very pythonic interface on top
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of the direct bindings and it's this pythonic layer with which this HOWTO deals with.</p>
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</topic>
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