tornado_book_handlesr.py

class BooksHandler(BaseHandler):
    """
    GET handler for fetching all books from the database
    """
    @gen.coroutine
    def get(self):
        self.set_status(200)
        self.write({'message': 'All books sorted by title', 'books': []})
        self.finish()
    """
    POST handler for adding a new book to the database
    """
    @gen.coroutine      
    def post(self):
        book_json            = self.request.body.decode('utf-8')
        book_json = tornado.escape.json_decode(book_json)
        self.set_status(200)
        self.write({'message': 'Book with id ' + params['id'], 'book': {}})
        self.finish()
        
class BookHandler(BaseHandler):
    """
    GET handler for fetching a specified book from the database
    """
    @gen.coroutine
    def get(self, **params):
        self.set_status(200)
        self.write({'message': 'Book with id' params['id'], 'book': {}})
        self.finish()