sprockets.mixins.mediatype/README.rst
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sprockets.mixins.media_type
===========================
A mixin that performs Content-Type negotiation and request/response
(de)serialization.
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This mix-in adds two methods to a ``tornado.web.RequestHandler`` instance:
- ``get_request_body() -> dict``: deserializes the request body according
to the HTTP ``Content-Type`` header and returns the deserialized body.
- ``send_response(object)``: serializes the response into the content type
requested by the ``Accept`` header.
Support for a content types is enabled by calling either the
``add_binary_content_type`` or ``add_text_content_type`` function with the
``tornado.web.Application`` instance, the content type, encoding and decoding
functions as parameters:
.. code-block:: python
import json
from sprockets.mixins import media_type
from tornado import web
def make_application():
application = web.Application([
# insert your handlers here
])
media_type.add_text_content_type(application,
'application/json', 'utf-8',
json.dumps, json.loads)
return application
The *add content type* functions will add a attribute to the ``Application``
instance that the mix-in uses to manipulate the request and response bodies.
.. code-block:: python
from sprockets.mixins import media_type
from tornado import web
class SomeHandler(media_type.ContentMixin, web.RequestHandler):
def get(self):
self.send_response({'data': 'value'})
self.finish()
def post(self):
body = self.get_request_body()
# do whatever
self.send_response({'action': 'performed'})
self.finish()
Based on the settings stored in the ``Application`` instance and the HTTP
headers, the request and response data will be handled correctly or the
appropriate HTTP exceptions will be raised.
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