[Product-Developers] dexterity + webservice data

David Glick (Plone) david.glick at plone.org
Mon Oct 14 21:01:39 UTC 2013


On 10/14/13 1:36 PM, Bárbara Arena wrote:
> Hi,
> i've been working on a product that consumes webservice data using "Suds".
> We have a main script/method to access each webservice, scripts to 
> parse the results and template pages to show them properly.
> We were using archgen + archetypes, but since it is a new product, I 
> thought using Dexterity would be a good idea.
> However, I'm struggling on how to do it right (and if it can/should be 
> done with Dexetrity now).
> The thing is that, unlike the documentation examples, the 
> types/folders/pages generated by our product dont have any field to be 
> filled by the enduser, instead, we just need to show the data from the ws.
> Should I work with dafault values and readonly fields,or create custom 
> fields?
> Do I insist on Dexterity approach for this or leave it with Archetypes?
> Any sugestion?
>
>
Sounds like you just need a custom browser view, not a custom content type.


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