Build An API With The Django Rest Framework Using Python

Name: Build An API With The Django Rest Framework Using Python
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Use Python and Django To Create Your Own API In No Time With The Django Rest Framework!

Created byJohn Elder

Last updated 11/2023

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What you'll learn

Introductory Django Rest Framework
How to Build Your Own API With Django and Python
How To Server your own API's In Your Django App
How To Add Data To Your API
Download and Install Python
Install Django
Install Django Rest Framework
How To Create Serializers
How To Manage URL's and Routers
How to Create Views

Course content

3 sections • 22 lectures • 1h 21m total length

Introduction2:55
First Things First: How To Get Support Fast!0:09
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Install Python3:08
Install Sublime Text and Git Bash Terminal5:06
Install Sublime Text and the Git Bash terminal to set up your development environment. Learn to download, install, and launch these tools on Windows, Mac, or Linux.
Set Up a Virtual Environment3:04
Set up and activate a Python virtual environment to manage Django projects, install Django inside the venv, and practice cross-platform terminal commands.
Install Django and the Rest Framework2:30
Django Version 3.00:06
Django has updated to version 3.0 since this course was released. You can use the latest version of Django with no problems in this course.

Start Our Project2:54
Create an App with Startapp and Create URLS.py4:16
Create a Django app named courses, register it in settings, wire its urls.py with an include, and prepare to remove the admin route, laying groundwork for a courses API.
Django Admin Area3:28
Create Our Models Class5:13
Build a Django model for a courses API with fields for name, language, and price. Create and apply migrations, then run the Django server.
Add Our Model To The Admin Area4:33
Create a Serializer4:27
Create a course serializer using the Django Rest Framework to translate course data to json. Expose id, name, language, and price via a CourseSerializer linked to the course model.
Create Views3:34
Import rest framework view sets, course model, and course serializer. Define a course view set with a queryset of all course objects and assign the serializer class to JSON.
Create Urls and Routes5:04
Create urls and routes for your Django Rest Framework API by configuring a default router, registering the courses view, and exposing endpoints for list and detail data.
Switch To Hyperlinked Serializers4:34
Switch to a hyperlinked model serializer to embed per-item URLs in API responses, making links clickable and demonstrating URL fields within the Django Rest Framework.
Install Postman2:43
Use Postman to Confirm Our API Works2:39

Set Up Version Control With Git3:58
Set up git for version control, initialize a repository, stage and commit changes, generate an SSH key, and push the code to GitHub.
Push Our Code To Github3:36
Review The Project3:22
Learn how to build a Django REST framework API quickly by wiring urls, routers, views, and a simple course model, with automatic path creation and admin registration.
Bonus Lecture10:10

Requirements

No programming skills or special tools are necessary to take this course
You just need a computer with Internet access and a Web Browser
Basic Knowledge of Django is a Plus
Basic Knowledge of Python is a Plus

Description

Building your own API with Django and Python can seem overwhelming at first, but it doesn;t have to be! In this course I’ll walk you through it step by step and you’ll be building your first API in MINUTES. You’ll be amazed how quick and easy it is to create very professional API's using the Django Rest Framework, even if you have no programming or web design experience at all.

Watch over my shoulder as I build a simple little API that lists some of my online courses step by step right in front of you. You’ll follow along and build your own copy. By the time we’re finished, you’ll have a solid understanding of the Django Rest Framework and how to use it to build awesome API's that will serve up any data you like.

The course contains 20 videos – and is just over 1.5 hours long. Watch the videos at your own pace, and post questions along the way if you get stuck. You don’t need any special knowledge or software to take this course, though any experience with basic Django or Python is a plus. You don’t really need to know the Python programming language, but it certainly helps!. I’ll walk you through EVERYTHING.

Django is a great web development tool and learning it has never been this easy.

What We'll Build...

We'll build an API that let's you show any sort of data that you like. The data will be publicly accessible through your API using JSON, just like any API you've ever used before.

We'll mainly use the popular Django Rest Framework to build and server our App. You'll learn how to create a database model to hold your data, how to build a Serializer to convert the database data to and from JSON, and urls and Routes to create webpages for you API.

Who this course is for:

This course is aimed towards absolute beginners who want to learn how to build API's with Django and Python
Anyone wanting to learn to build web API's

Build An API With The Django Rest Framework Using Python

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Installation and Setup7 lectures • 17min

Create Our API Project Using The Django Rest Framework11 lectures • 43min

Version Control and Finishing Up4 lectures • 21min

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