text: # from django.shortcuts import render
  from django.http import HttpResponse
  from .models import Database, SourceTable, Reflection
  import json
  from django.contrib.admin.views.decorators import staff_member_required
  import logging
  
  
  @staff_member_required
  def db_config(request):
      """A function used to create a REASTful API to listing default
      configurations for each RDBMS type"""
      return HttpResponse(json.dumps(
          Database.configs(), indent=2), content_type="application/json")
  
  
  @staff_member_required
  def db_tables(request, dbIdOrHandle):
      """A function used to list all tables in a specific database"""
      try:
          if dbIdOrHandle.isnumeric():
              return HttpResponse(json.dumps(Database.objects.get(
                  pk=dbIdOrHandle).tables(), indent=2),
                  content_type="application/json")
          return HttpResponse(json.dumps(Database.objects.get(
              handle=dbIdOrHandle).tables(), indent=2),
              content_type="application/json")
      except Exception as e:
          return HttpResponse(json.dumps([]), content_type="application/json")
  
  
  @staff_member_required
  def table_fields(request, btID):
      """A function used to retrive the structure of a source table"""
      try:
          bt = SourceTable.objects.get(pk=btID)
      except Exception as e:
          return HttpResponse(json.dumps([]), content_type="application/json")
      ret = bt.get_structure()
      return HttpResponse(json.dumps(
          ret, indent=2), content_type="application/json")
  