rest.py

import urllib2
import urllib

class Rest(object):
    def __init__(self, base):
        self.base = base
        self.opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPHandler)
        
    def get(self, path):
        return urllib2.urlopen(self.base + path).read()
    
    def post(self, path, **data):
        try:
            return urllib2.urlopen(self.base + path, urllib.urlencode(data)).read()
        except Exception, e:
            return e.read()
    
    def delete(self, path, pk):
        request = urllib2.Request(self.base + path + str(pk) + '/')
        request.get_method = lambda: 'DELETE'
        try:
            return self.opener.open(request).read()
        except Exception, e:
            return e.read()
        
    def put(self, path, pk, **data):
        request = urllib2.Request(self.base + path + str(pk) + '/', urllib.urlencode(data))
        request.get_method = lambda: 'PUT'
        try:
            return self.opener.open(request).read()
        except Exception, e:
            return e.read()