Build a Python REST API with the Django Rest Framework

Name: Build a Python REST API with the Django Rest Framework
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Connect devices, front ends, other apps, and much more by creating your own REST API. Learn how in this course.

Created byJustin Mitchel

Last updated 6/2018

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What you'll learn

What is an API?
What is a REST API?
How to build your own REST API
A deeper understanding of Django
A deep understanding of the Django Rest Framework
A deep understanding of JWT and authentication with the Django Rest Framework
Building an REST API with Python

Course content

5 sections • 66 lectures • 10h 7m total length

Welcome1:42

Requirements1:28
Blank Django Project4:50
The Updates App and Model6:40
A JSON Response8:52
HttpResponse with Json Data2:28
JSON CBV8:11
Serialize Data8:30
Managers & Methods to Produce Serialized Data8:22
The Dot Values Method5:25
Practical API Module8:06
Practical API Module Part 210:13
Use the API with Python Requests10:23
Handling Errors12:15
Http Status Codes6:58
Validating Data with a Model Form14:40
Update & Delete12:25
Validate JSON7:35
Update & Delete Part 215:05
One Endpoint to Rule the Model19:57

Introduction3:08
Install Django Rest Framework4:20
Status Model & App5:03
Model Form for Validation5:52
Creating a Serializer12:18
Create & Update through Serializers11:11
Validation & Fields8:42
API Endpoints Overview5:33
List & Search API View9:25
Create API View2:33
Detail API View3:13
Update & Delete API Views3:13
Mixins to Power Http Methods9:46
One API Endpoint for CRUDL12:44
One API Endpoint for CRUDL Part 216:32
Uploading & Handling Images10:22
2 Views for CRUDL8:06
Authentication & Permissions11:21
Global Settings for Authentication & Permissions5:27
Permission Tests with Python Requests7:05
Implement JWT Authentication10:44
JWT Authorization Header10:15
Custom JWT Response Payload Handler6:09
Custom Authentication View15:07
Register API View9:13
User Register Serializer10:22
Serializer Method Field5:03
Get Context Data5:53
Custom Permissions6:55
Is Owner or Read Only Permission12:50
Nested Serializer Part 18:51
Nested Serializer Part 27:32
Nested Serializer Part 316:20
Pagination to Manage Request Load8:37
Search Filter & Ordering11:19
Reverse URLs with DRF10:26
Serializer related fields11:57
Automated Testing7:47
Testing User API19:04
Testing API20:44
Testing with a Temporary Image20:18
Django Rest API Wrap Up3:33

Requirements

Some Python Experience
Some Django Experience

Description

REST APIs Power the Internet

How does Apple Maps have Yelp listings?

How does Tinder get Facebook user profiles?

How does Amazon Alexa know the latest news?

These questions get to the core of how powerful REST APIs can be: it allows for websites to communicate with each other without any human interaction.

Building a REST API isn't just about connecting with third party services, it's also about:

Adding Authentication, Registration, Databases, and more to your Mobile App, IOT Device, TV app, Car app, and more
Connecting your own web apps with each other
Creating micro-services
Adding a backend for Angular, React, iOS Apps, Android apps, and more
Simplifying the process of separating your backend from your frontend
Making it easier to build additional services with new developers

This course will teach you step-by-step exactly how to build a REST API

We'll cover the concepts first, then we'll go into build a PURE DJANGO REST API, then we'll use the Django REST Framework to build a REST API.

Who this course is for:

Anyone looking to connect their apps (mobile, web, iot, TV, etc) to a REST API
Anyone looking to get better at building web applications
Anyone looking to add Users, Security, Permissions, and a Database to anything that can connect to the internet
Pythonistas and Beginner Python learners
Djangonauts and Beginner Django learners

Build a Python REST API with the Django Rest Framework

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 2min

API Basics3 lectures • 38min

Pure Django API19 lectures • 2hr 52min

Django Rest Framework42 lectures • 6hr 35min

Thank you and next steps1 lecture • 1min

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