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shy karma Oct 25, 2022, 6:35 PM

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@api_view(['DELETE']) # delete
def taskDelete(request, pk):
    task = Task.objects.get(id=pk)
    task.delete()
    return Response('Item successfully deleted!')

This is an example above.
Why can you have special request methods like DELETE, PUT, PATCH etc. in Django REST Framework, but not in plain Django? Is it possible to create an API using just Django, as opposed to DRF? (I am just starting out with learning Django REST Framework, to create APIs.)

fathom sundial Oct 25, 2022, 7:11 PM

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The comparable thing in Django proper is this: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/http/decorators/#django.views.decorators.http.require_http_methods

In regular Django you're mostly limited to GET and POST because that's what web forms are limited to.

But yes, you can make an API using just Django, but DRF gives you a lot of stuff to make things easier, renderers, parsers, serializers, pagination that works with APIs, etc.

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shy karma Oct 26, 2022, 7:13 AM

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@api_view(['POST']) # create
def taskCreate(request):
    serializer = TaskSerializer(data=request.data)
    if serializer.is_valid():
        serializer.save()
    return Response(serializer.data)

This is my API View for the Create method (adding a new task). Is there an alternative way to do this using Task.objects.create() method?

fathom sundial Oct 26, 2022, 8:25 AM

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yeah but dunno if I'd recommend it. You can accept post data in any format

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so you could use a form rather than a serializer, but it doesn't understand JSON so you'll need to do some preparation, which is why serializers are so powerful

shy karma Oct 27, 2022, 8:52 PM

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fathom sundial Oct 28, 2022, 8:21 AM

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you should really make a new post rather than re-using this one

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