🔒 Django and FASTApi Help

[sage blade]

Hello, i am learning Django and trying to implement FastAPI to POST/GET data from server database. I just don't have any idea about How APIs work in Django. And learning resources where i can learn about API s. I don't want to use AI.
Can please someone help me ?
Thanks. 👋

[loud moss]

@sage blade

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[magic fractal]

you should be using Django or FastAPI for everything, you generally don't combine them

[plucky jackal]

django has DRF

for making resful apis

or you could just return a JSON response in django

look at django docs

its great

[sage blade]

Yeah. But i am an intern and the person wants me to mount the Django's WSGI appplication inside the FastAPI's ASGI Application. Which creates a single entry point.

[plucky jackal]

so you would have two backend servers?

[magic fractal]

also, a lot of Django tutorials are for 3.x and 4.x, not even 5.x and 6.x was released just before the end of 2025

the official docs on the other hand is always up to date

[sage blade]

The end project has must have a streaming capability and i have to design an api. Which toggles the camera or a .py file.

[sage blade]

Like i said i have no idea what the person wants. Do you want me to explaing the whole project ?

[sage blade]

I think he just want me run Locally and see if it works. or If i can make it work.

[plucky jackal]

ah idk really i never tried it.

[ashen bolt]

Would you be using Django REST Framework or Django Ninja or something else for the Django API?

[sage blade]

Django REST Framework. i think Django Ninja already has features which FastAPI has.

[ashen bolt]

Both DRF and Django Ninja has similar features to FastAPI. Not sure why you would need 2 different API backends

[ashen bolt]

Here's a tutorial where its up to date with the latest version of DRF. https://www.django-rest-framework.org/tutorial/quickstart/

[sage blade]

Okay. Here's the thing . There's a .py file which initiates camera and saves some data and picture into database. I want to make backend api to toggle it all in one click. Let's say a start button (UI) which runs .py file(the .py file saves data, this can be modified). And starts sending data from server to UI.

[magic fractal]

you can include a .py file instead of running it as an external process

[ashen bolt]

Is this py file in Django or FastAPI or a completely separate script?

[sage blade]

Seperate script.

[sage blade]

How to do that ?

[ashen bolt]

Then you can plug that in to whatever existing API. Doesn't need to be a separate process.

[sage blade]

There is no EXISTING API i have to design it. I just made Models and Views. for the Database and routing.

[sage blade]

Okay. So i will do it in just Django DRF

Or should i use Django Ninja ?

[ashen bolt]

Personally, I prefer Django Ninja. Its simpler than DRF

[sage blade]

Alright. Is there a documentation for DJango NInja where i can see the tutorial. ?

[ashen bolt]

https://django-ninja.dev/tutorial/

[sage blade]

Also can you guys tell what would be your approach for this ?

[sage blade]

Thanks. 🙌

[loud moss]

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