Get Started with Django REST Framework (DRF) Mastery (Beginner to Advanced)

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Django REST Framework (DRF) Mastery (Beginner to Advanced)

Comprehensive Django REST Framework training from API fundamentals to production-ready enterprise backends. Covers serializers, views, viewsets, authentication, JWT, permissions, filtering, pagination, documentation, testing, security, caching, and real-world API projects.

  • 12 Months Duration
  • 30 Modules
  • Free Access
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Course Modules

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Module 1 Locked

Introduction to APIs and Django REST Framework

Build a foundation in APIs, REST principles, HTTP fundamentals, and how Django REST Framework fits into Django projects.

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Learning objectives
  • • Define APIs and their role in modern applications
  • • Explain REST architecture and RESTful design principles
  • • Identify common HTTP methods and status codes
  • • Understand what Django REST Framework provides
  • • Compare DRF views with traditional Django views
  • • Describe a typical DRF project architecture
Module 2 Locked

Setting Up Django REST Framework

Set up a Django REST Framework project, configure settings, build your first endpoint, and test it with browser tools and Postman.

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Learning objectives
  • • Install Django and djangorestframework
  • • Scaffold a new DRF-enabled Django project
  • • Configure REST_FRAMEWORK settings in settings.py
  • • Navigate project and app structure for API development
  • • Create and expose your first API endpoint
  • • Test APIs using the browsable API and Postman
Module 3 Locked

Understanding Requests and Responses

Master how DRF handles incoming requests and outgoing responses, including JSON serialization and content negotiation.

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Learning objectives
  • • Trace the HTTP request lifecycle in a DRF application
  • • Work with DRF Request objects and their attributes
  • • Build Response objects with appropriate status codes
  • • Handle JSON request and response payloads
  • • Understand content negotiation and renderers
  • • Apply API response formatting best practices
Module 4 Locked

Function-Based API Views

Learn to build REST APIs using function-based views with the @api_view decorator for all CRUD operations.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand DRF API view fundamentals
  • • Create function-based API endpoints
  • • Handle GET requests and return serialized data
  • • Process POST requests to create resources
  • • Implement PUT and DELETE for updates and removal
  • • Test function-based API endpoints effectively
Module 5 Locked

Class-Based API Views

Upgrade to class-based API views using APIView for organized, reusable CRUD endpoint implementations.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand the APIView class and its lifecycle
  • • Create class-based API endpoints
  • • Implement full CRUD operations with APIView
  • • Recognize benefits over function-based views
  • • Extract reusable logic into class methods
  • • Follow best practices for class-based API design
Module 6 Locked

Serializers Fundamentals

Learn serializers — the core of DRF — for converting between Python objects and JSON, with validation built in.

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Learning objectives
  • • Explain the role of serializers in DRF
  • • Create basic Serializer classes for data transformation
  • • Use ModelSerializer for model-backed APIs
  • • Apply built-in and field-level validation rules
  • • Write custom validation methods with validate() and validate_<field>()
  • • Distinguish serialization from deserialization workflows
Module 7 Locked

CRUD APIs with DRF

Build complete Create, Read, Update, and Delete API endpoints using serializers and views together.

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Learning objectives
  • • Implement API endpoints to create new records
  • • Retrieve single and list records via GET
  • • Update existing records with PUT and PATCH
  • • Delete records with proper HTTP status responses
  • • Combine views and serializers into full CRUD APIs
  • • Test all CRUD endpoints for correctness and edge cases
Module 8 Locked

Generic Views

Leverage DRF generic class-based views to reduce boilerplate for standard list, create, retrieve, update, and destroy operations.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand DRF generic views and when to use them
  • • Use ListAPIView for collection endpoints
  • • Use CreateAPIView for resource creation
  • • Use RetrieveAPIView for single-resource reads
  • • Use UpdateAPIView and DestroyAPIView for modifications
  • • Combine generic views for complete API resources
Module 9 Locked

Mixins in DRF

Compose flexible API views by combining DRF mixins for granular control over CRUD behavior.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand the mixin pattern in DRF generic views
  • • Apply CreateModelMixin for POST operations
  • • Apply ListModelMixin for GET list endpoints
  • • Apply RetrieveModelMixin for GET detail endpoints
  • • Apply UpdateModelMixin for PUT/PATCH operations
  • • Apply DestroyModelMixin for DELETE operations
Module 10 Locked

ViewSets and Routers

Use ViewSets and routers to define entire API resources with minimal URL configuration and maximum reusability.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand ViewSet concepts and action mapping
  • • Use ModelViewSet for full CRUD with minimal code
  • • Use ReadOnlyModelViewSet for read-only resources
  • • Register ViewSets with DefaultRouter and SimpleRouter
  • • Add custom @action routes to ViewSets
  • • Follow best practices for ViewSet-based API design
Module 11 Locked

URL Routing in APIs

Design clean, scalable URL structures for APIs including nested resources, versioning, and large-project organization.

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Learning objectives
  • • Configure URL patterns for DRF endpoints
  • • Choose routing strategies for different API designs
  • • Implement nested routes for related resources
  • • Apply URL-based API versioning strategies
  • • Use dynamic URL patterns with path converters
  • • Organize URL configuration for large API projects
Module 12 Locked

API Validation Techniques

Implement robust data validation at field and object levels with custom validators and clear error responses.

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Learning objectives
  • • Use DRF built-in validators for common constraints
  • • Apply field-level validation in serializers
  • • Implement object-level validation with validate()
  • • Create reusable custom validator functions
  • • Return meaningful validation error responses
  • • Follow validation best practices for API reliability
Module 13 Locked

Authentication Fundamentals

Secure your APIs with DRF authentication mechanisms including sessions, basic auth, and token-based approaches.

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Learning objectives
  • • Explain why authentication is critical for APIs
  • • Configure session authentication for browser clients
  • • Understand basic authentication and its limitations
  • • Implement token authentication for API clients
  • • Trace the DRF authentication workflow per request
  • • Apply authentication security best practices
Module 14 Locked

Permissions and Authorization

Control who can access and modify API resources using DRF permission classes and custom authorization logic.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand permission classes and their evaluation order
  • • Restrict endpoints with IsAuthenticated
  • • Use IsAdminUser for admin-only operations
  • • Apply DjangoModelPermissions for model-level access
  • • Write custom permission classes for business rules
  • • Implement role-based access control patterns
Module 15 Locked

JWT Authentication

Implement stateless JWT authentication using djangorestframework-simplejwt for modern SPA and mobile clients.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand JWT structure and benefits for APIs
  • • Install and configure djangorestframework-simplejwt
  • • Work with access and refresh token pairs
  • • Build login and logout API endpoints
  • • Implement token refresh workflows
  • • Apply JWT security best practices
Module 16 Locked

Filtering and Searching Data

Enable clients to filter, search, and sort API data using DRF filtering backends and django-filter integration.

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Learning objectives
  • • Parse and use query parameters in API requests
  • • Apply DjangoFilterBackend for field-based filtering
  • • Implement SearchFilter for text search across fields
  • • Use OrderingFilter for sortable result sets
  • • Integrate django-filter for complex filter sets
  • • Apply advanced filtering techniques for production APIs
Module 17 Locked

Pagination

Paginate large API result sets efficiently using page number, limit-offset, and cursor-based strategies.

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Learning objectives
  • • Explain why pagination is essential for scalable APIs
  • • Configure PageNumberPagination for page-based results
  • • Use LimitOffsetPagination for offset-based paging
  • • Implement CursorPagination for large datasets
  • • Create custom pagination classes for specific needs
  • • Follow pagination best practices for client UX
Module 18 Locked

File Upload APIs

Build file and image upload endpoints with proper media configuration, validation, and cloud storage integration.

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Learning objectives
  • • Handle multipart file uploads in DRF serializers
  • • Build image upload endpoints with validation
  • • Configure MEDIA_URL and MEDIA_ROOT settings
  • • Validate file type, size, and content
  • • Serve media files in development and production
  • • Integrate cloud storage backends like S3
Module 19 Locked

API Documentation

Document your APIs using the browsable API, Swagger UI, ReDoc, and OpenAPI standards for developer-friendly references.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand the value of comprehensive API documentation
  • • Use DRF browsable API for interactive exploration
  • • Integrate drf-spectacular or drf-yasg for Swagger UI
  • • Generate ReDoc documentation from OpenAPI schemas
  • • Follow OpenAPI specification standards
  • • Maintain up-to-date documentation as APIs evolve
Module 20 Locked

Exception Handling

Handle API errors gracefully with DRF exception handlers, custom exceptions, and consistent error response formats.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand DRF default exception handling flow
  • • Create custom APIException subclasses
  • • Format validation errors for client consumption
  • • Configure global exception handlers in settings
  • • Design consistent API error response structures
  • • Follow exception handling best practices
Module 21 Locked

Throttling and Rate Limiting

Protect APIs from abuse with DRF throttling classes for authenticated users, anonymous clients, and scoped limits.

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Learning objectives
  • • Explain API throttling and rate limiting concepts
  • • Configure per-user rate limits with UserRateThrottle
  • • Apply anonymous rate limits with AnonRateThrottle
  • • Use ScopedRateThrottle for endpoint-specific limits
  • • Implement custom throttling classes
  • • Protect APIs from abuse and DDoS-style traffic
Module 22 Locked

Caching APIs

Improve API performance with caching strategies including view-level caching, queryset caching, and Redis backends.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand caching benefits for API performance
  • • Configure Django cache backends for DRF
  • • Apply view-level caching decorators and mixins
  • • Cache queryset results to reduce database load
  • • Integrate Redis as a high-performance cache backend
  • • Optimize API response times with strategic caching
Module 23 Locked

Signals and API Automation

Automate side effects in your API layer using Django signals for notifications, audit logging, and background tasks.

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Learning objectives
  • • Understand Django signals and their use in APIs
  • • Use pre_save and post_save signals for automation
  • • Trigger automated tasks on model changes
  • • Build notification systems triggered by API actions
  • • Implement audit logging for data changes
  • • Follow signal best practices to avoid tight coupling
Module 24 Locked

Advanced Serializer Techniques

Master advanced serializer patterns including nested data, method fields, writable relations, and performance tuning.

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Learning objectives
  • • Create nested serializers for related model data
  • • Use SerializerMethodField for computed attributes
  • • Implement writable nested serializers for complex creates
  • • Build dynamic fields serializers for flexible responses
  • • Write custom to_representation and to_internal_value logic
  • • Optimize serializer performance with select_related and prefetch_related
Module 25 Locked

Advanced API Development

Build production-grade APIs with nested resources, bulk operations, soft deletes, versioning, and multi-tenancy.

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Learning objectives
  • • Design and implement nested API resources
  • • Create custom @action endpoints on ViewSets
  • • Implement bulk create, update, and delete operations
  • • Apply soft delete patterns with queryset filtering
  • • Version APIs using URL, header, or namespace strategies
  • • Design multi-tenant API architectures
Module 26 Locked

Security Best Practices

Harden your DRF APIs against common vulnerabilities with secure auth, data protection, CORS, and auditing.

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Learning objectives
  • • Apply API security fundamentals to DRF projects
  • • Prevent SQL injection, XSS, and CSRF vulnerabilities
  • • Implement secure authentication and token storage
  • • Protect sensitive data with encryption and masking
  • • Configure CORS for cross-origin API access
  • • Conduct security audits on API endpoints
Module 27 Locked

Testing DRF Applications

Write comprehensive API tests using DRF APIClient, mock external services, and achieve strong test coverage.

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Learning objectives
  • • Write unit tests for DRF views and serializers
  • • Use APIClient and APITestCase for endpoint testing
  • • Mock external services and third-party API calls
  • • Test authenticated and permission-restricted endpoints
  • • Build automated test suites with pytest or unittest
  • • Apply test coverage strategies for API reliability
Module 28 Locked

Deployment and Production Setup

Deploy DRF applications to production with Gunicorn, Nginx, environment configuration, and database tuning.

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Learning objectives
  • • Prepare DRF applications for production deployment
  • • Manage secrets and config with environment variables
  • • Run DRF with Gunicorn as a WSGI application server
  • • Configure Nginx as a reverse proxy for API traffic
  • • Optimize database queries and connection pooling
  • • Follow deployment best practices for reliability
Module 29 Locked

Real-World API Projects

Apply DRF skills to real-world project scenarios including student management, e-commerce, blogs, tasks, jobs, and AI backends.

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Learning objectives
  • • Build a student management REST API
  • • Design an e-commerce backend with products and orders
  • • Create a blog API with posts, comments, and categories
  • • Implement a task management API with assignments
  • • Develop a job portal API with listings and applications
  • • Architect an AI tutor backend API with session management
Module 30 Locked

Advanced DRF and Professional Practices

Consolidate professional DRF skills for scalable architecture, microservices, enterprise APIs, and career readiness.

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Learning objectives
  • • Apply RESTful API design principles consistently
  • • Architect scalable API systems for growth
  • • Use DRF in microservices architectures
  • • Integrate third-party APIs into DRF backends
  • • Build enterprise-grade APIs with governance and monitoring
  • • Prepare for DRF developer roles and technical interviews
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