Most "pythonic" syntax to use for an API client library

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

On 29 Apr 2019 07:18, DL Neil <PythonList at DancesWithMice.info> wrote:

On 29/04/19 4:52 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:43 PM DL Neil <PythonList at danceswithmice.info> wrote:
>>
>> On 29/04/19 3:55 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 1:43 PM DL Neil <PythonList at danceswithmice.info> wrote:
>>>> Well, seeing you ask: a more HTTP-ish approach *might* be:
>>>>
>>>> api.update.customer( 1, name='Bob' )
>>>>
>>>> ie
>>>> api.verb.subject( adjectives and adverbs )
>>>>
>>>> Thus:
>>>> api_label/intro/ID.what_we're_going_to_do.who/what_we'll_do_it_to(
>>>> customerID, support_data)
>>>>
>>>> Yet, it doesn't really *look right* does it?
>>>> (and someone might complain about mixing the 'different' variable-values...)
>>>>
>>>
>>> The point here is not to make an HTTP-like interface, but a
>>> Python-like interface :)
>>

I recently used Python properties (getter, setter, deleter) for GET, POST/PUT, DELETE, respectively. I didn't need any other http methods.