I have started using Python-Eve to access an existing MongoDB database I have from another project. I was successful in getting correct HTTP 200 responses for queries to specific documents in the database, but I was puzzled by the fact that they did not contain any information other than the following:
"_items": [
{
"_updated": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT",
"_etag": "<some etag>",
"_created": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT",
"_id": "<some ObjectID>",
}
I have since discovered that I do get the data I want if I specify the entries in a schema in Eve's settings.py file.
I am assuming that this is intended behavior, and that it might have to do something with validation. But I am wondering if there is a way to turn it off. My primary goal was to quickly get a Python REST API up and running for an existing database, specifying the schema is an unnecessary hassle with that goal in mind. I don't mind doing it for now, but I'm just wondering for future applications.
Try setting ALLOW_UNKNOWN to True. Just make sure that your endpoint is read-only, unless you want to allow unknown fields/unvalidated documents in the datastore.