Forcing json as the response

apps/apiv1/api.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+
+from tastypie.api import Api as TastyPieApi
+from tastypie.serializers import Serializer
+from tastypie.utils.mime import build_content_type
+
+class Api(TastyPieApi):
+
+    def top_level(self, request, api_name=None):
+        """
+        A view that returns a serialized list of all resources registers
+        to the ``Api``. Useful for discovery.
+        """
+        serializer = Serializer()
+        available_resources = {}
+
+        if api_name is None:
+            api_name = self.api_name
+
+        for name in sorted(self._registry.keys()):
+            available_resources[name] = reverse("api_dispatch_list", kwargs={
+                'api_name': api_name,
+                'resource_name': name,
+            })
+
+        desired_format = "application/json"
+        serialized = serializer.serialize(available_resources, desired_format)
+        return HttpResponse(content=serialized, content_type=build_content_type(desired_format))

apps/apiv1/resources.py

@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@
 
 # TODO - exclude ID, repo_commits, and other fields not yet used
 
-class EnhancedModelResource(ModelResource):
+class BaseResource(ModelResource):
+
+    def determine_format(self, *args, **kwargs):
+
+        return "application/json"
+
+class EnhancedModelResource(BaseResource):
     def obj_get(self, **kwargs):
         """
         A ORM-specific implementation of ``obj_get``.
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ class Meta:
         lookup_field = 'slug'
         excludes = ["id"]        
 
-class RepoResource(ModelResource):
+class RepoResource(BaseResource):
 
     class Meta:
         queryset = Repo.objects.all()

urls.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 )
 
-from tastypie.api import Api
+from apiv1.api import Api
 from apiv1.resources import (
                     GotwResource, DpotwResource,
                     PackageResource, CategoryResource, RepoResource,