.. Data Growth resources documentation Resources ========= A Resource is a Django abstract model designed to easily connect to a data source. Currently such data sources can be: * API's * Shell commands * Websites The Resource makes connecting to data sources easier because: * It leverages common patterns in retrieving data, which means you can write less code * Once retrieved it will store data and return that data on subsequent uses * Resources use the Datagrowth configurations which makes them re-usable in different contexts .. include:: usage.inc.rst .. include:: http.inc.rst .. include:: shell.inc.rst .. include:: configuration.inc.rst