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Akhil Mathew
Akhil Mathew

Reputation: 1659

How to create Django API without any API frameworks

Currently I am having a requirement for a Django project, in which I need to develop django API without using any API frameworks. So inorder to proceed I would like to know how can I do creation of API without third party frameworks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2210

Answers (2)

ettanany
ettanany

Reputation: 19816

You can use JsonResponse to return json data in your views:

from django.http import JsonResponse

def my_view(request):
    questions = Question.objects.all()
    return JsonResponse({'questions': questions})

Upvotes: 5

koralarts
koralarts

Reputation: 2112

You can use regular function-based or class-based views as your endpoints. The difference would be is that you'll probably be sending JSON instead of rendering HTML in the response.

You can use built in decorators from Django to restrict certain access (ie. methods, permissions, etc.)

My code would look something like:

View

@require_get
@login_required
def get_user(request, userId, *args, **kwargs):
  user = get_object_or_404(User, pk=userId)
  serializer = SomeSerializerClass(user)
  return HttpResponse(serializer.jsonData(), content_type='application/json')

Url

url('/user/(?P<userId>[0-9]+)/$', get_user, ...)

Upvotes: 5

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