Restful API Support Help

For Developers
#1

Hi all,

I'm looking to implement some Restful API, and I've looked around and seen some people have recommended using Lua as Luci was built on top of this. However I wanted to see if there are any other languages & or Frameworks that anyone has used and found to be good?

I would have thought, running something like Micro-python with Flask for this would be a good idea, but I'm not entirely sure about that. And would love to hear if anyone's been down this road and what they made out of it.

Thanks!

#2

On which device are you installing?

Python alone is a stretch to install on a 16 MB device, and tends to be RAM hungry compared to Lua.

#3

Not entirely sure, I was trying to make as generic as possible. But yeah if we say 16 MB device that would sound like a reasonable size.

Do you know of any good Lua Frameworks to work with? I've looked at Lapis and not sure how good that ranks.

#4

Depending on what you're doing, there is an RPC framework in place. I haven't used it myself, but it may provide much of what you need already. Some references I found include:

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