exemplo de retornos diferentes para atraves de views

gistfile1.py

dados = [dict(id=1,name='slex',year=25+i) for i in xrange(10)]


def view1(items):
    return [
        dict(
            id=item['id'],
            name=item['name'],
            year=item['year'],
        )
        for item in items
    ]

def view2(items):
    return [
        dict(
            nome=item['name'],
            idade='%d anos' % item['year'],
        )
        for item in items
    ]


def get(view='view1'):
    views = {
        'view1': view1,
        'view2': view2
    }
    return views[view](dados)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import pprint
    pprint.pprint(get('view1'))
    pprint.pprint(get('view2'))