Cart Viewset Api doesnt appear in API Root but others do?

[queen tide]

``router = DefaultRouter()
router.register('cart', CartViewSet, basename='cart'),

urlpatterns = [
path('', include(router.urls)),
path('cart/uuid:cart_id/items/', CartItemViewSet.as_view({'get': 'list', 'post': 'create'}), name='cart-items'),
path(
'cart/uuid:cart_id/items/uuid:item_id/',
CartItemViewSet.as_view({'patch': 'partial_update', 'delete': 'destroy'}),
name='cart-item',
),
]``

In the code above, the api for CartViewSet doesnt appear in the API root 127.0.0.1:8000/api/ while the api for the other two viewsets do so
``router = routers.DefaultRouter()

router.register(r"category", views.CategoryViewSet, basename="category"),
router.register(r"product", views.ProductViewSet, basename="product"),
urlpatterns = router.urls``

[naive trout]

Yes, this is due to the router creating the API root view for you within the router.

[queen tide]

im sorry since i didnt really understand it.... the router creates the api root view for us but then why wont it show the cartviewset's api while it does for my other two viewsets?

[naive trout]

oh one minute, I mis read. Could you share all of your urls.py (project one and the ones where you are registering these routes)

[queen tide]

main project's urls.py
urlpatterns = [ path('admin/', admin.site.urls), path('api/', include('src.product.urls')), path('api/', include('src.basket.urls')), # JWT Authentication path('api/token/', TokenObtainPairView.as_view(), name='token_obtain_pair'), path('api/token/refresh/', TokenRefreshView.as_view(), name='token_refresh'), # API Documentation path('api/schema/', SpectacularAPIView.as_view(), name='schema'), path('api/docs/', SpectacularSwaggerView.as_view(url_name='schema'), name='swagger-ui'), ]+ static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

---

cart's urls.py
``router = DefaultRouter()
router.register('cart', CartViewSet, basename='cart')

urlpatterns = [
path('', include(router.urls)),
path('cart/uuid:cart_id/items/', CartItemViewSet.as_view({'get': 'list', 'post': 'create'}), name='cart-items'),
path(
'cart/uuid:cart_id/items/uuid:item_id/',
CartItemViewSet.as_view({'patch': 'partial_update', 'delete': 'destroy'}),
name='cart-item',
),
]``

---

product's urls.py
``router = routers.DefaultRouter()

router.register(r"category", views.CategoryViewSet, basename="category"),
router.register(r"product", views.ProductViewSet, basename="product"),

urlpatterns = router.urls
``

---

And finally, the api root has the following:

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
"category": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/category/",
"product": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/product/"
}

[naive trout]

So you have created 2 routers, which is why you are only seeing one set of Viewsets in the API root. Where are are the cart URLs included in the the main project? Is it this line?

 path('api/', include('src.basket.urls')),

[queen tide]

yes sir

[naive trout]

Generally you want a single router, I typically define this in the project urls.py and register my Viewsets there. Or have a separate api urls.py which deals with this

[queen tide]

i'll try both the methods you have suggested. Thank you!!

[queen tide]

@naive trout a friend of mine had been using rest_framework_nested , would you recommend with or against it? I will have to install the package for it

[naive trout]

I don't think I have used it myself so couldn't comment. If it fit's your need then give it a try?

[queen tide]

i see. Thank you! I'll definitely give it a try after trying the above methods