Basic APIView Example

A snippet showing how to use APIView in DRF.


# views.py

from rest_framework.views import APIView
from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework import status
from .models import Article
from .serializers import ArticleModelSerializer

class ArticleList(APIView):
    def get(self, request):
        qs = Article.objects.all()
        return Response(ArticleModelSerializer(qs, many=True).data)

    def post(self, request):
        s = ArticleModelSerializer(data=request.data)
        if s.is_valid():
            s.save()
            return Response(s.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
        return Response(s.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
      

# urls.py

from django.urls import path
from .views import ArticleList

urlpatterns = [
    path("articles/", ArticleList.as_view(), name="article-list"),
]
      
Explanation:
  • GET: Returns a list of articles.
  • POST: Creates a new article.
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