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+.. _resources:
+
+Getting Started - Resources
+---------------------------
+
+We're going to start off with a simple example, that demonstrates a few things:
+
+#. Creating resources.
+#. Linking resources.
+#. Writing method handlers on resources.
+#. Adding form validation to resources.
+
+First we'll define two resources in our urlconf.
+
+``urls.py``
+
+.. include:: ../../examples/resourceexample/urls.py
+ :literal:
+
+Now we'll add a form that we'll use for input validation. This is completely optional, but it's often useful.
+
+``forms.py``
+
+.. include:: ../../examples/resourceexample/forms.py
+ :literal:
+
+Now we'll write our resources. The first is a read only resource that links to three instances of the second. The second resource just has some stub handler methods to help us see that our example is working.
+
+``views.py``
+
+.. include:: ../../examples/resourceexample/views.py
+ :literal:
+
+That's us done. Our API now provides both programmatic access using JSON and XML, as well a nice browseable HTML view, so we can now access it both from the browser:
+
+* http://api.django-rest-framework.org/resource-example/
+
+And from the command line:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ # Demonstrates API's input validation using form input
+ bash: curl -X POST --data 'foo=true' http://api.django-rest-framework.org/resource-example/1/
+ {"detail": {"bar": ["This field is required."], "baz": ["This field is required."]}}
+
+ # Demonstrates API's input validation using JSON input
+ bash: curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{"foo":true}' http://api.django-rest-framework.org/resource-example/1/
+ {"detail": {"bar": ["This field is required."], "baz": ["This field is required."]}}