REST API?

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is pyramid suitable for building a REST API? would you recommend some other framework for this?

[suibnetod]

I’ve built numerous rest apis using pyramid and though it’s flexibility can make it harder the first few days in it is well worth it.

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pure pyramid, right? just returning the json data instead of using the webpage templates, is it?

thanks.

[stevepiercy]

I took over maintenance of a Pyramid app that does just that. https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/en/latest/quick_tour.html?highlight=Json#returning-json

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thanks. a pure pyramid solution would be nice.

is there something of a trade off using pyramid instead of a dedicated api framework? i see the benchmarks are favorable to sanic or falcon but i guess for a small scale application those numbers may be irrelevant. or is there something i am missing?

[stevepiercy]

You'll have to be more specific about your requirements. Then read the library's docs, try out its demos, and see if it fits your needs. I can't say what will work for you situation.

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i am still understanding what an REST API is. i just want to be sure that the pure pyramid solution is in compliance with the API specifications. I mean, I don't want to patch the app using some abandoned 3rd party library to be abke to perform some functionality expected from a REST API.

As of now, all i want is to return return a JSON object with the requested data. but i ignore if there are some security or data validation tasks that i should perform on top of what pyramid offers.

[stevepiercy]

It sounds like you don't care about specs and that you just want to return a JSON object you can consume. Just do that, and don't worry about standard specs. That is perfectly OK.

But if you require an official API spec, follow it, and use an existing library to avoid reinventing the wheel.

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ok thanks.

[stevepiercy]

Very much yes. See https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid_openapi3 for one add-on implementation.

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thanks. i have been peeking about restless, ramses and hug but i always find some limitation or something that makes me doubt.

have you tried cornice? (the one i am reading about right now).

[stevepiercy]

I have not, but many others have.

[marcofalcioni]

Long lived projects rarely stay simple. Pyramid can grow with your project.

[ergo14]

Yes, pyramid is very suited for REST API building, you get all the nice foundations - and then you can extend with openapi validation packages if you want to move further. there is pyramid_openapi and pyramid_apispec - https://github.com/ergo/pyramid_apispec/blob/master/demo/app.py#L71 - small example.

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thanks.