Responser is a python package to convert normal strings, objects and other data to REST API response convention and in JSON format.

Responser is a python package to convert normal strings, objects and other data to REST API response convention and in JSON format.

This function follows the following JSON structure.

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Bharath Kumar Ravichandran",
    "alma_mater": "NIT Trichy",
    "languages_known": [
        "Python",
        "PHP",
        "JS",
        "C++"
    ],
    "cool_guy": "yes",
  },
  "message": "OK"
}

• Import the function with from responser import JSONResponser
• Definition JSONResponser(status_code=400, data=None, message=None, strict_mode=false)
• The status_code can be HTTP status codes or your own custom status codes.
• If the status_code is a HTTP status code and the data is None, a default reason phrase is added. (If strict_mode is False (default) )
• If the status_code is a HTTP status code and the message is None, a default reason phrase is added. (Even if strict_mode is True (default) ).
• If the status_code is not a HTTP status code and the data is None, an empty data is added.
• If the status_code is not a HTTP status code and the message is None, an empty message is added.
• If the strict_mode is set to True, the data given as data is encoded.
• The status_code defaults to 400.

Sample Code

from responser import JSONResponser

status_code = 200
data = {
    "name": "Bharath Kumar Ravichandran",
    "alma_mater": "NIT Trichy",
    "languages_known": [
        "Python",
        "PHP",
        "JS",
        "C++"
    ],
    "cool_guy": "yes",
}
message = "User details returned."

response = JSONResponser(status_code, data, message)
print response

Output

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Bharath Kumar Ravichandran",
    "alma_mater": "NIT Trichy",
    "languages_known": [
        "Python",
        "PHP",
        "JS",
        "C++"
    ],
    "cool_guy": "yes",
  },
  "message": "User details returned."
}

• Import the decorator with from responser import JSONResponserDecorator
• Wrap function with decorator @JSONResponserDecorator
• JSONResponserDecorator is built on top of JSONResponser, so it follows the same convention as JSONResponser.

Sample Code

from responser import JSONResponserDecorator

@JSONResponserDecorator
def sample_function():

    data = {
        "name": "Bharath Kumar Ravichandran",
        "alma_mater": "NIT Trichy",
        "languages_known": [
            "Python",
            "PHP",
            "JS",
            "C++"
        ],
        "cool_guy": "yes",
    }

    return data

Returned Data

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Bharath Kumar Ravichandran",
    "alma_mater": "NIT Trichy",
    "languages_known": [
        "Python",
        "PHP",
        "JS",
        "C++"
    ],
    "cool_guy": "yes",
  },
  "message": "OK"
}

GokulSrinivas/Sangria

Bharath Kumar Ravichandran

MIT