Django RESTful Web Services (1 ed)

Django RESTful Web Services: The easiest way to build Python RESTful APIs and web services with Django 1st Edition

Django is a Python web framework that makes the web development process very easy. It reduces the amount of trivial code, simplifying the creation of web applications and enabling faster development. It is very powerful and a great choice for creating RESTful web services.

If you are a Python developer and want to efficiently create RESTful web services with Django for your apps, then this is the right book for you.

The book starts off by showing you how to install and configure the environment, required software, and tools to create RESTful web services with Django and the Django REST framework. We then move on to working with advanced serialization and migrations to interact with SQLite and non-SQL data sources. We will use the features included in the Django REST framework to improve our simple web service.

Further, we will create API views to process diverse HTTP requests on objects, handle relationships and hyperlinked API management, and then determine the necessary steps to include security and permissions for data models and APIs. We will also apply throttling rules and run tests to check that versioning works as expected. Next, we will run automated tests to improve code coverage.

By the end of the book, you will be able to build RESTful web services with Django.

What you will learn

• The best way to build a RESTful Web Service or API with Django and the Django REST Framework
• Develop complex RESTful APIs from scratch with Django and the Django REST Framework
• Work with either SQL or NoSQL data sources
• Design RESTful Web Services based on application requirements
• Use third-party packages and extensions to perform common tasks
• Create automated tests for RESTful web services
• Debug, test, and profile RESTful web services with Django and the Django REST Framework