Building RESTful Web APIs with Django

Course details

APIs are a crucial technology for delivering data to applications—from front-end ecommerce sites to iOS and Android apps. The Django REST framework is the natural choice for Python and Django developers who want to create their own RESTful back-end APIs. In addition to its rapid prototyping tools, the framework includes authentication schemes, serialization for parsing complex data into Python-friendly types, and automatic URL routing. This course shows how to use the Django Rest framework to create a simple RESTful web API. Instructor Rudolf Olah explains how to create serializers, renderers, filtering and pagination, and routers with viewsets that consumers can use to access the API. He also shows how to unit test your code to ensure your API works as expected. By the end of the course, you’ll know how to use this powerful and flexible toolkit to build you own data-driven web experiences.

Learning objectives
Creating a serializer
Working with API views
Filtering back ends
Enabling pagination
Executing CRUD operations
Managing serializer fields
Testing API views

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Create a REST API with Django and Django REST framework
02 - What you should know
03 - Demo project overview

1. Serializing, Listing, Filtering, and Paginating Models

04 - Creating a Django Rest framework serializer to serialize a model
05 - Creating a ListAPIView subclass
06 - Connecting an APIView to a route
07 - Filter back ends with URL query parameters
08 - Enabling full-text search filter back end
09 - Enabling pagination of querysets in API responses

2. Create, Retrieve, Update, and Delete (CRUD) Operations for Models

10 - Creating a CreateAPIView subclass
11 - Connecting a CreateAPIView to the router
12 - Creating a DestroyAPIView subclass
13 - Connecting a DestroyAPIView to the router
14 - Creating an UpdateAPIView subclass
15 - Connecting an UpdateAPIView to the router

3. Managing Serializer Fields, Relations, and Validation

16 - Serializer with only selected fields
17 - Serializer that shows model relationships
18 - Number fields with serializers
19 - Date and time fields with serializers
20 - Lists, dicts, and JSON objects
21 - Serializer with ImageField and FileField

4. Testing API Views

22 - Test case for a CreateAPIView subclass
23 - Test case for a DestroyAPIView subclass
24 - Test case for a ListAPIView subclass
25 - Unit test for an UpdateAPIView subclass
26 - Handling image uploads in a unit test

Conclusion

27 - Next steps