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Django REST Framework's ModelViewSet


Django REST Framework tip:

If your API endpoints map close to your models, you can save yourself quite a few lines of code by using ModelViewSet in combination with a router. 

# viewsets.py
class PostModelViewSet(ModelViewSet):
    serializer_class = PostSerializer
    queryset = Post.objects.all()


# urls.py
router = routers.DefaultRouter()
router.register(r'', PostModelViewSet)

urlpatterns = [
    path('', include(router.urls)),
]


# yields:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/      # for list of posts
http://127.0.0.1:8000/1/  # for post detail

(ViewSets should be stored in a file named viewsets.py rather than views.py.)

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