I'm using Piston to create an API for an application in Django.
I'll try to explain my doubt on an easy way. Let's think I've got two models:
class Device(models.Model):
id = models.TextField(...)
class Person(models.Model):
name = models.TextField(...)
device = models.ForeigKey(Device)
Now, if I receive an url like this:
(r'^api/(?P<person_name>\w+)/(?P<device_id>\w+)$',handler),
I want to add a person to the DB and, to do that, I need to add a new Device to the DB, but, since handlers in Piston are linked to a Model, how can I add a device to the DB in the same handler?
I tried something like this:
class PersonHandler(BaseHandler):
allowed_methods= ('PUT')
model = Person
def create(self, request, person_name, device_id):
Device.objects.create(id=device_id)
d = Device.objets.get(id=device_id)
Person.objects.create(name=person_name,device=d)
return rc.CREATED
But I guess it won't work.
How can I do what I want to do?
