Django REST Framework Course

You’ve been learning Django and building great things. Suddenly it hits you. How do I take all this data I have and make it available to the world? Look no further than Django Rest Framework (DRF). DRF is a powerful and flexible framework, on top of a framework (Django), for building RESTful Web APIs. Built-in features like the Web browsable API, authentication policies, robust serialization for your models and excellent documentation make it a great choice for your API needs.

What you'll learn

• Installing Django REST Framework
• Serializing Models
• Handling HTTP Methods
• Write your own APIView
• Security and Authentication

RESTful Django

In this stage, you are going to learn how to add Django REST Framework to a Django project, the basics of model serializers, and how to handle HTTP methods.

Chevron 8 steps

• What is Django REST Framework?

  2:42

• Installation and Setup

  5:40

• Model Serializers

  8:59

• Create Serializers

  3 objectives

• GET Requests with APIViews

  6:17

• Create a ListView

  3 objectives

• POSTing to an APIView

  7:16

• Create a ListView with a POST

  1 objective

Make the REST Framework Work for You

In this stage, you'll work with viewsets, routers, and pagination in the Django REST API.

Chevron 12 steps

• Generic CRUD

  8:15

• Create a ListCreateAPIView

  2 objectives

• Overriding Generic View Methods

  11:03

• Control the QuerySet

  1 objective

• Viewsets and Routers

  10:50

• Create a Viewset and Router

  3 objectives

• Customizing Viewsets

  4:49

• Customize a Viewset's Methods

  1 objective

• Relations

  6:30

• Show Related Records

  1 objective

• Pagination

  6:56

• Review: Django REST Framework Basics

  5 questions

Security and Customization

Now it's time to look into token-based authentication, enforcing permission checks, and enabling throttling. You'll also add some custom data to your serializer and validate serializer data.

Chevron 12 steps

• Token Authentication

  8:22

• Set Up Token Auth

  2 objectives

• Permissions

  10:56

• Set Permissions

  1 objective

• Enhancing Your Calm with Throttling

  4:42

• Set Throttling

  1 objective

• Customizing Validation

  4:42

• Validate Field

  1 objective

• Validate Two Fields

  1 objective

• Customizing Serialization

  6:31

• Add Custom Field

  1 objective

• Review: Django REST Framework

  6 questions