Cherrypy REST API example without MethodDispatcher.

artists.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
try: import simplejson as json
except ImportError: import json

import cherrypy

from mapper import Mapper

@cherrypy.popargs('songid')
class Artists(Mapper):
    def GET(self, songid, aristid=None):
        pass

    def POST(self, songid, model):
        pass

    def PUT(self, songid, aristid, model):
        pass

    def DELETE(self, songid, aristid):
        pass

mapper.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from inspect import getargspec
try: import simplejson as json
except ImportError: import json

import cherrypy
from cherrypy import expose

__all__ = ['Mapper']

class Mapper(object):
    @expose
    def default(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if len(args) or not hasattr(self, cherrypy.request.method):
            raise cherrypy.NotFound()
        http_method = getattr(self, cherrypy.request.method)

        arg_spec = getargspec(http_method)
        defaults_count = len(arg_spec.defaults) if arg_spec.defaults else 0
        arg_spec_set = set(arg_spec.args[1:len(arg_spec.args)-defaults_count])
        arg_method_set = set(kwargs.keys())
        # proper 404 error when /api/songs/{{wrong_id}}/artists/35745
        if len(arg_spec_set.difference(arg_method_set)):
            raise cherrypy.NotFound()

        return (http_method)(*args, **kwargs)

songs.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
try: import simplejson as json
except ImportError: import json

import cherrypy

from mapper import Mapper
from artists import Artists

@cherrypy.popargs('songid')
class Songs(Mapper):
    artists = Artists()

    def GET(self, songid=None):
        pass

    def POST(self, model):
        pass

    def PUT(self, songid, model):
        pass

    def DELETE(self, songid):
        pass

hi -- i found this through a google search on pop args and method dispatcher, does this work? i'm trying to figure out how to create a REST URIs using cherrypy