Metadata-Version: 2.0
Name: sprockets.mixins.mediatype
Version: 1.0.4
Summary: A mixin for reporting handling content-type/accept headers
Home-page: https://github.com/sprockets/sprockets.mixins.media_type
Author: AWeber Communications
Author-email: api@aweber.com
License: BSD
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Requires-Dist: ietfparse (>=1.2.2,<2)
Requires-Dist: tornado (>=3.2,<5)

sprockets.mixins.mediatype
==========================
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 mediatype
   from tornado import web

   def make_application():
       application = web.Application([
           # insert your handlers here
       ])

       mediatype.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 mediatype
   from tornado import web

   class SomeHandler(mediatype.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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