api.py

## Code from Joe Stump

# Create your views here.
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.core import serializers

def index(request, group, function, path, output):
    try:
        api    = API(request, path)
        method = getattr(api, group + '_' + function)
        result = method()
    except Exception, e:
        return HttpResponse(e)

    return render_api_response(result, output)

class API:
    path = None
    request = None

    def __init__(self, request, path):
        self.request = request
        self.path = path

    def users_create(self):
        pass

    def users_fetch(self):
        username = self.path.replace('/', '')
        return User.objects.get(username = username)

def render_api_response(data, output):
    mimes = {
        'xml' : 'text/xml',
        'json' : 'application/json'
    }

    response = serializers.serialize(output, [data], indent = True)
    return HttpResponse(response, mimetype = mimes[output])