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Django RESTful Web Services

You're reading from   Django RESTful Web Services The easiest way to build Python RESTful APIs and web services with Django

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788833929
Length 326 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
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Preface 1. Installing the Required Software and Tools 2. Working with Models, Migrations, Serialization, and Deserialization FREE CHAPTER 3. Creating API Views 4. Using Generalized Behavior from the APIView Class 5. Understanding and Customizing the Browsable API Feature 6. Working with Advanced Relationships and Serialization 7. Using Constraints, Filtering, Searching, Ordering, and Pagination 8. Securing the API with Authentication and Permissions 9. Applying Throttling Rules and Versioning Management 10. Automating Tests 11. Solutions 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating API Views

In this chapter, we have to run our first version of a RESTful Web Service powered by Django. We will write API views to process different HTTP requests and we will perform HTTP requests with command-line and GUI tools. We will analyze how Django and Django REST framework process each HTTP request. We will gain an understanding of:

  • Creating Django views combined with serializer classes
  • CRUD operations with Django views and the request methods
  • Launching Django's development server
  • Making HTTP GET requests that target a collection of instances with command-line tools
  • Making HTTP GET requests that target a single instance with command-line tools
  • Making HTTP GET requests with command-line tools
  • Making HTTP POST requests with command-line tools
  • Making HTTP PUT requests with command-line tools
  • Making HTTP DELETE requests with command-line tools
  • Making HTTP GET...
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