Building a Dynamic Django App: Routing, URL Params & API Integration | Beginner Friendly Tutorial —5

In this video, we dive deep into Django’s dynamic capabilities by exploring dynamic routing, URL parameters, and API integration. You'll learn how to: Create Dynamic URL Patterns: Design URLs that capture parameters (like movie IDs) and pass them directly to your views. Utilize URL Parameters in Views: See how the data from the URL is used in your view to fetch and render specific movie details from an external API. Integrate External APIs: Understand how to make API requests based on URL parameters and dynamically update your pages with live data. This beginner-friendly tutorial breaks down each step so you can see how these powerful techniques transform your Django app into a production-ready, interactive web application. If you're ready to master Django's dynamic routing and API integration, then this video is for you. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share your thoughts in the comments below! Links: To code along here is the code from where we left off: https://github.com/PikoCanFly/Django-and-HTMX-Course-Series-Movie-Spot/tree/part-4 For reference here is what we end up with: https://github.com/PikoCanFly/Django-and-HTMX-Course-Series-Movie-Spot/tree/part-5 Chapters: 00:00 - Objective and explaining dynamic pages ( dynamic Routes and passing Params through URLs) 01:14 - What we are working with 01:39 - creating template ( movie_detail.html ) and extending base.html 02:20 - Defining Movie Detail View 02:55 - The Movie DB movie detail endpoint 03:16 - Pass Movie ID to the view as a param, and include API Key 04:06 - Add try and except blocks and create error message ( Try to make requests to the API ) 05:24 - Return statement to render template and pass context 06:10 - Go to URLS.py and create route to our view ( create path / url ) 08:25 - Create the detail page ( show movie details and add styling to our template ) 14:48 - Get movie credits ( director & cast ) - Make get Request to TMDB API Credits endpoint and add data to template 20:36 - Django Built in Slice Template Filter 21:58 - Thanks for watching and next steps! #django #fullstack #tutorial #python