[Django REST framework][docs]

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Awesome web-browsable Web APIs.

Full documentation for the project is available at [https://www.django-rest-framework.org/][docs].

Overview

Django REST framework is a powerful and flexible toolkit for building Web APIs.

Some reasons you might want to use REST framework:

• The Web browsable API is a huge usability win for your developers.
• [Authentication policies][authentication] including optional packages for [OAuth1a][oauth1-section] and [OAuth2][oauth2-section].
• [Serialization][serializers] that supports both [ORM][modelserializer-section] and [non-ORM][serializer-section] data sources.
• Customizable all the way down - just use [regular function-based views][functionview-section] if you don't need the [more][generic-views] [powerful][viewsets] [features][routers].
• [Extensive documentation][docs], and [great community support][group].

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Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• Django 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0

Installation

Install using pip...

pip install djangorestframework

Add 'restframework' to your INSTALLEDAPPS setting.

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    "rest_framework",
]

Example

Let's take a look at a quick example of using REST framework to build a simple model-backed API for accessing users and groups.

Start up a new project like so...

pip install django pip install djangorestframework django-admin startproject example . ./manage.py migrate ./manage.py createsuperuser

Now edit the example/urls.py module in your project:

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.urls import include, path
from rest_framework import routers, serializers, viewsets
Serializers define the API representation.
class UserSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ["url", "username", "email", "is_staff"]
ViewSets define the view behavior.
class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = User.objects.all()
    serializer_class = UserSerializer
Routers provide a way of automatically determining the URL conf.
router = routers.DefaultRouter()
router.register(r"users", UserViewSet)
Wire up our API using automatic URL routing.
Additionally, we include login URLs for the browsable API.
urlpatterns = [
    path("", include(router.urls)),
    path("api-auth/", include("restframework.urls", namespace="restframework")),
]

We'd also like to configure a couple of settings for our API.

Add the following to your settings.py module:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ... make sure to include the default installed apps here.
    "rest_framework",
]
REST_FRAMEWORK = {     # Use Django's standard django.contrib.auth permissions,     # or allow read-only access for unauthenticated users.     "DEFAULTPERMISSIONCLASSES": [         "rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly",     ] }

That's it, we're done!

./manage.py runserver

You can now open the API in your browser at http://127.0.0.1:8000/, and view your new 'users' API. If you use the Login control in the top right corner you'll also be able to add, create and delete users from the system.

You can also interact with the API using command line tools such as curl. For example, to list the users endpoint:

$ curl -H 'Accept: application/json; indent=4' -u admin:password http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/ [ { "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/1/", "username": "admin", "email": "admin@example.com", "is_staff": true, } ]

Or to create a new user:

$ curl -X POST -d username=new -d email=new@example.com -d is_staff=false -H 'Accept: application/json; indent=4' -u admin:password http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/ { "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/2/", "username": "new", "email": "new@example.com", "is_staff": false, }

Documentation & Support

Full documentation for the project is available at [https://www.django-rest-framework.org/][docs].

For questions and support, use the [REST framework discussion group][group], or #restframework on libera.chat IRC.

Security

Please see the [security policy][security-policy].

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[oauth1-section]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/authentication/#django-rest-framework-oauth [oauth2-section]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/authentication/#django-oauth-toolkit [serializer-section]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/serializers/#serializers [modelserializer-section]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/serializers/#modelserializer [functionview-section]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/views/#function-based-views [generic-views]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/generic-views/ [viewsets]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/viewsets/ [routers]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/routers/ [serializers]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/serializers/ [authentication]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/authentication/ [image]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/img/quickstart.png

[docs]: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/ [security-policy]: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/security/policy