How to Develop APIs with Django REST Framework
If you know the basics of the field you work in, you can master any technology, reach higher levels as developer, and create better products. In this article, we’ll talk about building APIs and how to do it, step by step. I believe this is going to be useful for all beginner Django developers, as REST APIs are used in every application or piece of software to connect the backend and frontend parts. If you master this, you can build all kinds of products.
Why Use the Django REST Framework?
Many frameworks allow you to easily build APIs for blog applications, but we will use only one – the Django REST framework. It’s convenient in many ways and offers the following advantages:
- Its Web-browsable API is a huge usability win for your developers.
- Authentication policies include packages for OAuth1 and OAuth2.
- Serialization supports both ORM and non-ORM data sources.
- It’s customizable all the way down. Just use regular function-based views if you don’t need the more powerful features.
- It has extensive documentation and great community support.
- It’s used and trusted by internationally recognized companies including Mozilla, Red Hat, Heroku, and Eventbrite.
The Step-by-Step Guide To Your API
In this Django REST framework tutorial, we’ll go through all the stages of building an API in great detail, please find the full tutorial by the following link.