API Development with Django REST Framework - Master DRF In Just 4 Hours

Welcome to the API Development with Django REST Framework course. If you’re a beginner looking to learn the fundamentals of Django REST Framework, you’re in the right place. Whether you’ve been working with Django for a while or you're completely new, this course is designed to help you build strong foundations in API development. I’ll walk you through everything step by step, from setting up your environment to creating real-world APIs that you can use in your own projects. Just a quick note: This course is a part of my Full Stack Machine Learning series, where you’ll eventually integrate React and machine learning models for full-stack development. But, for now, we’ll focus on the API side of things to get you comfortable with the Django REST Framework. So, We’ll cover everything from: Setting up Django, Building RESTful APIs, Implementing serializers, Function-based views Class based views Mixins Generics Viewsets Handling CRUD operations with models And so much more... How to get help from my side? 1. You can always comment on the video on YouTube. 2. If you have any errors, and you want to show me the screenshot, you can go to https://rathank.com/qa/ this is the dedicated Q&A platform where you can ask any questions regarding my courses. 📚 FULL COURSE 📚 👉🏼 Build a full stack machine learning project using Django REST Framework, React with Machine Learning https://bit.ly/43h7uG7 ⬇️ Download Presentation: https://rathank.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DRF-REACT-ML-COURSE-PRESENTATION.pptx ⬇️ Source code: https://github.com/dev-rathankumar/drf-basics-course 👉🏼 Django Advanced Ecommerce Course Using Django https://youtu.be/1qg9OwrmGaw Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:37 Software Installation 00:04:37 What is an API? 00:08:22 What is REST API? 00:12:25 Django Installation Start 00:19:27 Django Rest Framework Installation 00:21:08 Web Application Endpoint 00:29:27 Simple API Endpoint 00:36:46 Create Model 00:43:44 Manual Serialization 00:51:17 Serializers 00:53:55 Function-Based View Get Method 01:04:52 Storing Data Using Serializers 01:10:44 Get A Single Object Primary Key-Based Operation 01:17:52 Update Operation On Student 01:22:39 Delete Operation 01:25:49 Class-Based Views Introduction 01:27:40 Employee Model 01:32:08 Employee Serializer 01:33:31 Class-Based View Get All Employees 01:40:42 Class Based Creating Employee 01:44:38 Getting Single Object 01:51:47 Update And Delete Employee 01:58:30 Mixins Overview 02:02:51 List And Create Model Mixins 02:08:51 Retrieve Update Destroy Mixins 02:14:26 Django + React + ML Course Announcement 02:21:09 Generics Overview 02:25:03 ListCreateAPIView 02:31:05 RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView 02:34:57 Viewsets Introduction 02:36:49 List And Create Data Using Viewsets 02:45:49 Retrieving Single Object 02:49:17 ModelViewsets 02:53:21 Nested Serializers Introduction 02:55:44 Blog And Comment Model 03:00:21 Creating Serializers 03:03:01 Nested Serializers Implementation 03:12:45 Primary Key Based Operations On Blog Comment 03:18:49 Pagination Overview 03:23:42 Global Pagination 03:31:06 Custom Pagination 03:38:48 Filtering 03:46:09 Custom Filter Employee By Designation 03:51:35 Custom Filter Employees By Name And ID 03:58:37 Advanced Filtering 04:05:56 Search Filter 04:13:22 Ordering Filter 04:17:27 Outro #django #djangorestframework #webdevelopment #python #api #apidevelopment 👑 Join this channel to get access to all the premium courses: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYesptHRU1QZ2pHZkAqdQTw/join