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+"""The root view for the examples provided with Django REST framework"""
+
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from djangorestframework.resource import Resource
+
+
+class Sandbox(Resource):
+    """This is the sandbox for the examples provided with [Django REST framework](http://django-rest-framework.org).
+
+    These examples are provided to help you get a better idea of the some of the features of RESTful APIs created using the framework.
+
+    All the example APIs allow anonymous access, and can be navigated either through the browser or from the command line...
+
+        bash: curl -X GET http://api.django-rest-framework.org/                           # (Use default emitter)
+        bash: curl -X GET http://api.django-rest-framework.org/ -H 'Accept: text/plain'   # (Use plaintext documentation emitter)
+
+    The examples provided: 
+   
+    1. A basic example using the [Resource](http://django-rest-framework.org/library/resource.html) class.
+    2. A basic example using the [ModelResource](http://django-rest-framework.org/library/modelresource.html) class.
+    3. An basic example using Django 1.3's [class based views](http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/class-based-views/) and djangorestframework's [EmitterMixin](http://django-rest-framework.org/library/emitters.html).
+    4. A generic object store API.
+    5. A code highlighting API.
+    6. A blog posts and comments API.
+
+    Please feel free to browse, create, edit and delete the resources in these examples."""
+    allowed_methods = anon_allowed_methods = ('GET',)
+
+    def get(self, request, auth):
+        return [{'name': 'Simple Resource example', 'url': reverse('example-resource')},
+                {'name': 'Simple ModelResource example', 'url': reverse('my-model-root-resource')},
+                {'name': 'Simple Mixin-only example', 'url': reverse('mixin-view')},
+                {'name': 'Object store API', 'url': reverse('object-store-root')},
+                {'name': 'Code highlighting API', 'url': reverse('pygments-root')},
+                {'name': 'Blog posts API', 'url': reverse('blog-posts')}]