simplify parse_as_rest pattern?

[chuan137]

Example of parse_as_rest function, there define tables

db.define_table('person',Field('name'),Field('info'))
db.define_table('pet',Field('ownedby',db.person),Field('name'),Field('info'))

which are served with the pattern

 "/{person.name}/pets[pet.ownedby]/{pet.name}".

That means a valid URL is for instance

/Tom/pets/BlackCat 

Is it possible to simplify the pattern, so that

/Tom/BlackCat

is also valid?

I am aware that url routing does the trick, but I just wonder if there is a more direct way to set up the pattern?

Thanks

[Massimo Di Pierro]

currently no.

[chuan137]

Maybe you want to expand the functionality for parse_as_rest(),  since from the menu, there reads "experimental feature". I would be interesting to get involved in the discussions.

[Massimo Di Pierro]

Actually I wanted to deprecate it in favor of the new hypermedia API.

[chuan137]

Aha, I was not followed it yet.

Quick question, would it be able to filter one-to-many or many-to-many relationship?