Web APIs for Django, made easy.

Navigation

Verified details

These details have been verified by PyPI
Maintainers
Avatar for carltongibson from gravatar.com carltongibson Avatar for linovia from gravatar.com linovia Avatar for tomchristie from gravatar.com tomchristie

Unverified details

These details have not been verified by PyPI
Project links
Meta
Classifiers

Project description

# [Django REST framework][docs]

[![build-status-image]][travis]
[![coverage-status-image]][codecov]
[![pypi-version]][pypi]

**Awesome web-browsable Web APIs.**

Full documentation for the project is available at [http://www.django-rest-framework.org][docs].

---

**Note**: We have now released Django REST framework 3.2. For older codebases you may want to refer to the version 2.4.4 [source code][2.4-code], and [documentation][2.4-docs].

For more details see the 3.2 [announcement][3.2-announcement] and [release notes][3.2-release-notes].

---

# Overview

Django REST framework is a powerful and flexible toolkit for building Web APIs.

Some reasons you might want to use REST framework:

* The [Web browsable API][sandbox] is a huge usability win for your developers.
* [Authentication policies][authentication] including optional packages for [OAuth1a][oauth1-section] and [OAuth2][oauth2-section].
* [Serialization][serializers] that supports both [ORM][modelserializer-section] and [non-ORM][serializer-section] data sources.
* Customizable all the way down - just use [regular function-based views][functionview-section] if you don't need the [more][generic-views] [powerful][viewsets] [features][routers].
* [Extensive documentation][docs], and [great community support][group].

There is a live example API for testing purposes, [available here][sandbox].

**Below**: *Screenshot from the browsable API*

![Screenshot][image]

# Requirements

* Python (2.6.5+, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4)
* Django (1.5.6+, 1.6.3+, 1.7, 1.8)

# Installation

Install using `pip`...

pip install djangorestframework

Add `'rest_framework'` to your `INSTALLED_APPS` setting.

INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
'rest_framework',
)

# Example

Let's take a look at a quick example of using REST framework to build a simple model-backed API for accessing users and groups.

Startup up a new project like so...

pip install django
pip install djangorestframework
django-admin.py startproject example .
./manage.py syncdb

Now edit the `example/urls.py` module in your project:

```python
from django.conf.urls import url, include
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from rest_framework import serializers, viewsets, routers

# Serializers define the API representation.
class UserSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ('url', 'username', 'email', 'is_staff')


# ViewSets define the view behavior.
class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
queryset = User.objects.all()
serializer_class = UserSerializer


# Routers provide a way of automatically determining the URL conf.
router = routers.DefaultRouter()
router.register(r'users', UserViewSet)


# Wire up our API using automatic URL routing.
# Additionally, we include login URLs for the browsable API.
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^', include(router.urls)),
url(r'^api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework'))
]
```

We'd also like to configure a couple of settings for our API.

Add the following to your `settings.py` module:

```python
INSTALLED_APPS = (
... # Make sure to include the default installed apps here.
'rest_framework',
)

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
# Use Django's standard `django.contrib.auth` permissions,
# or allow read-only access for unauthenticated users.
'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
'rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly'
]
}
```

That's it, we're done!

./manage.py runserver

You can now open the API in your browser at `http://127.0.0.1:8000/`, and view your new 'users' API. If you use the `Login` control in the top right corner you'll also be able to add, create and delete users from the system.

You can also interact with the API using command line tools such as [`curl`](http://curl.haxx.se/). For example, to list the users endpoint:

$ curl -H 'Accept: application/json; indent=4' -u admin:password http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/
[
{
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/1/",
"username": "admin",
"email": "admin@example.com",
"is_staff": true,
}
]

Or to create a new user:

$ curl -X POST -d username=new -d email=new@example.com -d is_staff=false -H 'Accept: application/json; indent=4' -u admin:password http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/
{
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/2/",
"username": "new",
"email": "new@example.com",
"is_staff": false,
}

# Documentation & Support

Full documentation for the project is available at [http://www.django-rest-framework.org][docs].

For questions and support, use the [REST framework discussion group][group], or `#restframework` on freenode IRC.

You may also want to [follow the author on Twitter][twitter].

# Security

If you believe you’ve found something in Django REST framework which has security implications, please **do not raise the issue in a public forum**.

Send a description of the issue via email to [rest-framework-security@googlegroups.com][security-mail]. The project maintainers will then work with you to resolve any issues where required, prior to any public disclosure.


[build-status-image]: https://secure.travis-ci.org/tomchristie/django-rest-framework.svg?branch=master
[travis]: http://travis-ci.org/tomchristie/django-rest-framework?branch=master
[coverage-status-image]: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/tomchristie/django-rest-framework/master.svg
[codecov]: http://codecov.io/github/tomchristie/django-rest-framework?branch=master
[pypi-version]: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/djangorestframework.svg
[pypi]: https://pypi-hypernode.com/pypi/djangorestframework
[twitter]: https://twitter.com/_tomchristie
[group]: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/django-rest-framework
[sandbox]: http://restframework.herokuapp.com/

[oauth1-section]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/authentication/#django-rest-framework-oauth
[oauth2-section]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/authentication/#django-oauth-toolkit
[serializer-section]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/serializers/#serializers
[modelserializer-section]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/serializers/#modelserializer
[functionview-section]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/views/#function-based-views
[generic-views]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/generic-views/
[viewsets]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/viewsets/
[routers]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/routers/
[serializers]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/serializers/
[authentication]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/authentication/
[image]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/img/quickstart.png

[docs]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/
[security-mail]: mailto:rest-framework-security@googlegroups.com
[2.4-code]: https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework/tree/version-2.4.x
[2.4-docs]: http://tomchristie.github.io/rest-framework-2-docs/
[3.2-announcement]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/topics/3.2-announcement/
[3.2-release-notes]: http://www.django-rest-framework.org/topics/release-notes/#32x-series

Project details

Verified details

These details have been verified by PyPI
Maintainers
Avatar for carltongibson from gravatar.com carltongibson Avatar for linovia from gravatar.com linovia Avatar for tomchristie from gravatar.com tomchristie

Unverified details

These details have not been verified by PyPI
Project links
Meta
Classifiers

Release history Release notifications | RSS feed

3.15.2

3.15.1

3.15.0

3.14.0

3.13.1

3.13.0

3.12.4

3.12.3

3.12.2

3.12.1

3.12.0

3.11.2

3.11.1

3.11.0

3.10.3

3.10.2

3.10.1

3.10.0

3.9.4

3.9.3

3.9.2

3.9.1

3.9.0

3.8.2

3.8.1

3.8.0

3.7.7

3.7.6

3.7.5

3.7.4

3.7.3

3.7.2

3.7.1

3.7.0

3.6.4

3.6.3

3.6.2

3.6.1

3.6.0

3.5.4

3.5.3

3.5.2

3.5.1

3.5.0

3.4.7

3.4.6

3.4.5

3.4.4

3.4.3

3.4.2

3.4.1

3.4.0

3.3.3

3.3.2

3.3.1

3.3.0

3.2.5

3.2.4

This version

3.2.3

3.2.2

3.2.1

3.2.0

3.1.3

3.1.2

3.1.1

3.1.0

3.0.5

3.0.4

3.0.3

3.0.2

3.0.1

3.0.0

2.4.8

2.4.7

2.4.6

2.4.5

2.4.4

2.4.3

2.4.2

2.4.1

2.4.0

2.3.14

2.3.13

2.3.12

2.3.11

2.3.10

2.3.9

2.3.8

2.3.7

2.3.6

2.3.5

2.3.4

2.3.3

2.3.2

2.3.1

2.3.0

2.2.7

2.2.6

2.2.5

2.2.4

2.2.3

2.2.2

2.2.1

2.2.0

2.1.17

2.1.16

2.1.15

2.1.14

2.1.13

2.1.12

2.1.11

2.1.10

2.1.9

2.1.8

2.1.7

2.1.6

2.1.5

2.1.4

2.1.3

2.1.2

2.1.1

2.1.0

2.0.2

2.0.1

2.0.0

0.4.0

0.3.3

0.3.2

0.3.1

0.3.0

0.2.4

0.2.3

0.2.2

0.2.1

0.2.0

0.1.1

0.1

Download files

Download the file for your platform. If you're not sure which to choose, learn more about installing packages.

Source Distribution

djangorestframework-3.2.3.tar.gz (356.4 kB view details)

Uploaded Source

Built Distribution

djangorestframework-3.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (515.9 kB view details)

Uploaded Python 2 Python 3

File details

Details for the file djangorestframework-3.2.3.tar.gz.

File metadata

File hashes

Hashes for djangorestframework-3.2.3.tar.gz
Algorithm Hash digest
SHA256 41dab5727ee1aeb3d5b28a126ad0d28fbf80f832382cdaa3f078113f1e24771a
MD5 6949d92f0e1ef7fb448363889ce59995
BLAKE2b-256 c2ca3478ed1b840e551c356583eca37e7edb26e055ca2cfb8074ce60addddd46

See more details on using hashes here.

File details

Details for the file djangorestframework-3.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl.

File metadata

File hashes

Hashes for djangorestframework-3.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Algorithm Hash digest
SHA256 09842ecb1c7c38e5a666c04bcfa924f682ef1e82d9c84080f19c28b771d080c5
MD5 c26ac5fc8b6c791893200f981702ff0c
BLAKE2b-256 34247d7e7c93325fccd101e5b6bed62c01992b047763e608f8fdde842c6fc568

See more details on using hashes here.

Supported by

AWS AWS Cloud computing and Security Sponsor Datadog Datadog Monitoring Fastly Fastly CDN Google Google Download Analytics Microsoft Microsoft PSF Sponsor Pingdom Pingdom Monitoring Sentry Sentry Error logging StatusPage StatusPage Status page