Django REST Framework (DRF) is a widely-used, full-featured API framework designed for building RESTful APIs with Django. At its core, DRF integrates with Django's core features -- models, views, and URLs -- making it simple and seamless to create RESTful HTTP resources.

DRF is composed of the following components:

Serializers are used to convert Django querysets and model instances to (serialization) and from (deserialization) JSON (and a number of other data rendering formats like XML and YAML).
Views (along with ViewSets), which are similar to traditional Django views, handle RESTful HTTP requests and responses. The view itself uses the serializers to validate incoming payloads and contains the necessary logic to return the response. Views are coupled with routers, which map the views back to the exposed URLs.

The articles and tutorials on TestDriven.io are on the more intermediate to advanced side that cover permissions, serializers, and Elasticsearch.

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Django REST Framework: Pros and Cons

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Last updated on February 5th, 2024

Learn how the development process varies between working with Django REST Framework and Vue versus Django and HTMX.

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Effectively Using Django REST Framework Serializers

Posted by Nik Tomazic
Last updated on December 12th, 2023

Deep dive into Django REST Framework (DRF) serializers.

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Django REST Framework and Elasticsearch

Posted by Nik Tomazic
Last updated on November 26th, 2023

Looks at how to integrate Django REST Framework with Elasticsearch.

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Django REST Framework Authentication with Auth.js

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Last updated on July 18th, 2023

Add authentication to Django REST Framework and integrate it with Auth.js

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Django REST Framework Authentication

Posted by Nik Tomazic
Last updated on May 18th, 2023

Add authentication to Django REST Framework with django-allauth and dj-rest-auth.

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Django REST Framework Basics

Posted by Špela Giacomelli (aka GirlLovesToCode)
Last updated on April 14th, 2023

This article serves as an introduction to Django REST Framework, focusing on serializers, views, and routers.

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Building an Intelligent Education Platform with OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Django

Posted by Amir Tadrisi
Last updated on March 31st, 2023

This tutorial shows how to build an intelligent educational platform using OpenAI APIs and Django.

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Django REST Framework Views - ViewSets

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Last updated on October 1st, 2021

Deep dive into Django REST Framework's most powerful view, ViewSets.

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Django REST Framework Views - Generic Views

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Last updated on September 29th, 2021

Use Django REST Framework's Generic Views to prevent repeating certain patterns over and over again.

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Django REST Framework Views - APIViews

Posted by Špela Giacomelli (aka GirlLovesToCode)
Last updated on September 27th, 2021

Deep dive into how Django REST Framework's views work and its most basic view, APIView.

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Custom Permission Classes in Django REST Framework

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Last updated on July 5th, 2021

How to build custom permission classes in Django REST Framework.

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Built-in Permission Classes in Django REST Framework

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Last updated on June 23rd, 2021

How the built-in permission classes work in Django REST Framework.

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Permissions in Django REST Framework

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Last updated on June 2nd, 2021

How permissions work in Django REST Framework.

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