gistfile1.py

import urllib2
from urllib import urlencode

class APIRequest(urllib2.Request):
    """
    Hack urllib2.Request so we can use custom HTTP requests like DELETE and PUT
    """

    def set_method(self, method):
        self.method = method.upper()

    def get_method(self):
        return getattr(self, "method", urllib2.Request.get_method(self))

gistfile2.py

APIKEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
APIURL = "http://formstore.alwaysmovefast.com"

def create_db(dbname):
    """
    create a new database with `dbname`

    Example:
        create_db("testdb")
    """
    data = urlencode({"dbname": dbname})
    req = APIRequest(url="%s/v1/db" % APIURL,
                     data=data)
    req.add_header("X-Formstore-Api-Key", APIKEY)
    resp = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    print resp.read()

gistfile3.py

def delete_db(dbname):
    """
    deletes a database with name `dbname`

    Example:
        delete_db("testdb")
    """
    req = APIRequest(url="%s/v1/db/%s" % (APIURL, dbname))
    req.add_header("X-Formstore-Api-Key", APIKEY)
    req.set_method("DELETE")
    resp = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    print resp.read()

gistfile4.py

def insert(dbname, **kwargs):
    """
    `insert` urlencodes `kwargs` and inserts the data into `dbname`

    Example:
        insert("testdb", firstname="David", lastname="Reynolds")
    """
    data = urlencode(kwargs)
    req = APIRequest(url="%s/v1/db/%s" % (APIURL, dbname),
                     data=data)
    req.add_header("X-Formstore-Api-Key", APIKEY)
    resp = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    print resp.read()

gistfile5.py

def get(dbname, key):
    """
    Example:
        get("testdb", "035a604d424247bca52724fe95882210")
    """
    req = APIRequest(url="%s/v1/db/%s/%s" % (APIURL, dbname, key))
    req.add_header("X-Formstore-Api-Key", APIKEY)
    resp = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    print resp.read()

gistfile6.py

def delete(dbname, key):
    """
    Example:
        delete("testdb", "035a604d424247bca52724fe95882210")
    """
    req = APIRequest(url="%s/v1/db/%s/%s" % (APIURL, dbname, key))
    req.add_header("X-Formstore-Api-Key", APIKEY)
    req.set_method("DELETE")
    resp = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    print resp.read()

gistfile7.py

def update(dbname, key, **kwargs):
    """
    Example:
        update("testdb", "035a604d424247bca52724fe95882210", firstname="foo", lastname="bar")
    """
    data = urlencode(kwargs)
    req = APIRequest(url="%s/v1/db/%s/%s" % (APIURL, dbname, key),
                     data=data)
    req.add_header("X-Formstore-Api-Key", APIKEY)
    req.set_method("PUT")
    resp = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    print resp.read()