Awesome Django REST Framework

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Table of Contents

• Packages
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Documentation
  • Routing
  • Serialization
  • Visualization
  • Other
• Tutorials
• Books
• Talks
• Best practices
• Common issues

Packages

Authentication

• django-rest-passwordreset: Password reset endpoints that hook into Django Authentication system
• djoser: REST implementation of Django authentication system
• django-rest-auth: A set of REST API endpoints to handle User Registration and Authentication tasks
• django-rest-framework-jwt: JSON Web Token Authentication support for Django REST Framework
• django-rest-framework-simplejwt: A JSON Web Token authentication plugin for the Django REST Framework
• django-rest-framework-social-oauth2: python-social-auth and oauth2 support for django-rest-framework

Authorization

• dry-rest-permissions: Rules based permissions for the Django Rest Framework

Documentation

• django-rest-swagger: Swagger Documentation Generator for Django REST Framework
• drf-yasg: Alternative OpenAPI Generator for Django REST Framework with response schema support

Routing

• drf-nested-routers: Nested Routers for Django Rest Framework

Serialization

• django-rest-framework-recursive: Recursive Serialization for Django REST framework

Visualization

• django-rest-pandas: Serves up Pandas dataframes via the Django REST Framework for use in client-side (i.e. d3.js) visualizations and offline analysis (e.g. Excel)

• django-rest-framework-gis: Geographic add-ons for Django REST Framework

Other

• django-rest-localflavor: Country-specific Django helpers, to use in Django Rest Framework
• django-rest-framework-json-api: Implements most of the JSON API 1.0 spec.
• django-rest-framework-bulk: Django REST Framework bulk CRUD view mixins
• drf-extensions: DRF-extensions is a collection of custom extensions for Django REST Framework

Tutorials

• Beginner's Guide to the Django REST Framework
• Django Rest Framework - an Introduction
• Django REST Framework Tutorial
• Django REST Framework Course
• Modern Django - Blog Series covering Django api and React frontend
• Building a RESTful API with Django REST Framework
• Getting Started with Django REST Framework and AngularJS
• End to End Web App with Django REST Framework & AngularJS
• Start Your API - Django REST Framework Part 1
• Permissions & Authentication - Django REST Framework Part 2
• ViewSets and Routers - Django REST Framework Part 3
• Django REST Framework User Endpoint
• Check Credentials Using Django REST Framework
• Creating a Production Ready API with Python and Django REST Framework – Part 1
• Creating a Production Ready API with Python and Django REST Framework – Part 2
• Classy Django REST Framework

Talks

• Fergal Walsh - Rethinking how we build HTTP APIs
• Samuel Fuentes - Fast product development using Django Rest Framework. #lessonslearned
• Marco Montanari - Django, Django Rest Framework and Angular2: RAD on SaaS platforms
• Alejandro Castillo - Django Rest Framework, one year after: tips, tools, tricks and pitfalls.
• Rafał Nowicki - Python REST frameworks review

Common issues

• Web API performance: profiling Django REST framework
• My Experience in Serializer-Land (Django Rest Framework)
• Optimizing slow Django REST Framework performance