Building a REST API with Django & Django REST Framework
summary
Built a production REST API using Django and Django REST Framework that survives two iterations and handles lists, IP ranges, subnet masks and port ranges; adds LDAP auth and requires business justification; validates inputs with custom regex validators; speeds database saves with bulk_create after creating foreign-key objects individually; implements Accept header versioning to avoid URL proliferation; captures errors to email and DB and keeps 80% code coverage for reliability.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Kryptonite Sponsors
- 0:45Goal: Build REST API
- 1:40Selecting a Starting point
- 2:49Learning Basic Building Blocks
- 3:28Data Formats Provided by Django REST Framework
- 3:41Considerations Before Building a REST API
- 3:58'Disabling Certain API Views
- 8:37Adding Custom Validators & Handling Validation Errors
- 10:25Manipulating Data Flowing within the Application
- 13:38Enabling a Single API Call to Accept Multiple Input Formats
- 16:30Customizing the Save Process Behind an API Post
- 18:47Documentation Considerations
- 20:27Other Lessons Learned
- 26:13Closing Remarks
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