RESTFUL web services consumed by web and native mobile apps with authentication in python using django framework

Question

I have to write RESTFUL web-services with authentication in python using django framework which will be consumed by web based clients and mobile native apps (Android and IOS).

Answer 1

I've done it with the api key exchange, like you said and used SSL. Worked fine. There are some caveats to make https requests work right on Android.

private static HttpClient newHttpClient() {
    KeyStore trustStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
    trustStore.load(null, null);

    SSLSocketFactory sf = new EasySSLSocketFactory(trustStore);
    sf.setHostnameVerifier(SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);

    HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
    HttpProtocolParams.setVersion(params, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
    HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(params, HTTP.UTF_8);

    SchemeRegistry registry = new SchemeRegistry();
    registry.register(new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 80));
    registry.register(new Scheme("https", sf, 443));

    ClientConnectionManager ccm = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(params, registry);
    return new DefaultHttpClient(ccm, params);
}