A test for RESTful API service to receive HTTP requests. The server can automatically parse request and store it appropriately, and send an email notification to the sender and a dedicated email account immediately.
- Python (2.6.5+, 2.7)
- Django (1.4.2+, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7)
- Django REST framework
You can use pip to install Django REST framework like this:
$ pip install djangorestframework
First, you should modify the content about sending mails in settings.py.
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST='smtp.163.com'
EMAIL_PORT = '25'
EMAIL_HOST_USER='[email protected]'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD='******'
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL='[email protected]'
DEDICATED_EMAIL='[email protected]'
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
Change EMAIL_HOST_USER and DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL to your account, EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD is your password.
Second, start the server:
$ python manage.py runserver
Third, open your brower and enter http://localhost:8000/requests/, you can login with "user:admin; password:password".
Then drag the page to the bottom, fill in the form with the data below:
Media type : application/json
content :
{
"email": "[email protected]",
"first_name": "Peter",
"last_name": "Pan",
"contact_number": "86-13227892789",
"title": "Request Title",
"content": "Request Content",
"link": "https://github.com"
}
Then click the post button to send the request. You can also post request with the tool curl