rest_server

RESTful External Archive Server for archiving data uploaded by the Field Observation Server

Reference

Andrew Smolik, multipart-form-data_django_rest_framework_tutorial, (2012), GitHub repository, https://github.com/ansother/multipart-form-data_django_rest_framework_tutorial

Uploading files

This files provides commands to upload files to the django-rest-framework api.

1. Open a python interpreter:

   $ python

2. Import requests in python interpreter:

   $import requests

3. Swap out the YOUR_URL in the url variables with your root url:

   $url_upload_form = 'YOUR_URL/api/upload_form/'

   $url_upload_serializers = 'YOUR_URL/api/upload_serializers/'

4. Paste url variables into python interpreter:

5. Create a file to upload:

   $files = {'docfile': ('report.csv', 'some,data,to,send\nanother,row,to,send\n')}

6. Upload a file with a form:

   $r=requests.post(url_upload_form, data={'title':'file_upload_form'}, files=files)

7. Upload a file with django-rest-framework serializer:

   $r=requests.post(url_upload_serializers, data={'title':'file_upload_serializers'}, files=files)

8. To view uploaded data in the django-rest-framework view go to:

   $YOUR_URL/api/upload_form/

   or

   $YOUR_URL/api/upload_serializers/

Uploading images

This files provides commands to upload images to the django-rest-framework api.

1. Open a python interpreter:

   $ python

2. Import requests in python interpreter:

   $import requests

3. Swap out the YOUR_URL in the url variables with your root url:

   $url_upload_form = 'YOUR_URL/api/upload_form_images/'

   $url_upload_serializers = 'YOUR_URL/api/upload_serializers_images/'

4. Paste url variables into python interpreter:

5. Create an image to upload:

   $images = {'image': ('image.jpg', image_data)}

6. Upload a file with a form:

   $r=requests.post(url_upload_form, data={'title':'file_upload_form_images'}, files=images)

7. Upload a file with django-rest-framework serializer:

   $r=requests.post(url_upload_serializers, data={'title':'file_upload_serializers_images'}, files=images)

8. To view uploaded data in the django-rest-framework view go to:

   $YOUR_URL/api/upload_form_images/

   or

   $YOUR_URL/api/upload_serializers_images/

Cloud version hosted on OpenShift

http://restservercloud-serveradmin.rhcloud.com/admin/