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What Python framework for a REST/JSON web service with no front end?

I need to create a Python REST/JSON web service for an iOS app to interact with. There will be no front end on the web.

What will be the fastest, most lightweight framework to use for this? Learning curve to implement also considered?

From the research I've done Django-Tastypie or Djanjo-Piston look like the best options, with Tastypie winning because the codebase is being maintained actively?

Solution

  • In general, I think you'll find web2py to be one of the easiest frameworks to set up, learn, and use. web2py makes it very easy to generate JSON (just add a .json extension), and it now includes new functionality to automatically create RESTful web services to access database models. In particular, check out the parse_as_rest and smart_query functionality.

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