Django, REST and OpenAPI - a gentle introduction
summary
Shows how to bolt an API onto an existing Django site using Django REST Framework and drf-spectacular, with concrete code: a ReadOnlyModelViewSet + router that auto-creates router-generated URLs, serializers that include nested track lists and a custom serializer field to parse number.part mix identifiers, demo endpoints that return JSON, OpenAPI served with serve_public toggled so unauthenticated viewers only see allowed operations, and notes on authentication/permission classes and practical testing names — the demo code runs and the router introspection works.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Django REST OpenAPI intro
- 1:09Building API for music project
- 2:18APIs and Django handling
- 5:55Simplifying views with viewsets
- 7:41Serializers in REST Framework
- 11:20Mapping URLs with routers
- 13:31Custom actions in viewsets
- 15:18Auth and permissions in REST
- 17:50Testing REST APIs
- 19:19OpenAPI Swagger docs
- 22:33Summary
- 23:15Q&A: Refactoring view.py
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