encode/django-rest-framework

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Django REST framework is a powerful and flexible toolkit for building Web APIs on top of Django. It provides serializers, class-based views and viewsets, automatic routing, authentication policies, and a web-browsable API out of the box.

Use cases

• build a REST API with Django
• serialize Django ORM models to JSON
• add authentication and permissions to API endpoints
• create a browsable web API for developers
• auto-generate CRUD routes for models
• expose a model-backed API for users and groups

When to choose

• you already use Django and need a REST API layer
• you want batteries-included serialization, auth, and routing
• you value a browsable API and mature, well-documented tooling

When to avoid

• you use Flask, FastAPI, or a non-Django stack
• you need a minimal async-first API framework without Django's ORM
• you only need a simple JSON endpoint and don't want Django's overhead

Facets

framework · maturity stable

api-framework web-framework serialization auth routing middleware web-development backend apis python cross-platform django rest rest-api browsable-api viewsets serializers openapi web-server

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