Django Rest Framework Crash Course 2025

Learn how to build and deploy a powerful REST API with Django REST Framework! This step-by-step tutorial covers everything from setting up DRF to deploying your API to production. 🔥 What You’ll Learn: ✅ Setting up Django REST Framework ✅ Creating API endpoints ✅ Handling authentication & permissions ✅ Deploying your API to production By the end of this video, you’ll have a fully functional, deployed REST API ready for real-world use! 🔔 Subscribe for more Django & React tutorials! Source Code: https://github.com/CodeWithClinton/yt_devfolio_api 📌 Video Chapters: ⏱ 00:00:00 - Introduction ⏱ 00:00:58 - Setting Up a Virtual Environment & Initializing Django Project ⏱ 00:08:52 - Implementing a Custom User Model ⏱ 00:21:55 - User Registration Endpoint Development ⏱ 00:37:04 - Testing User Registration with Postman ⏱ 00:42:18 - Implementing JWT Authentication ⏱ 00:46:16 - Validating JWT Authentication in Postman ⏱ 00:49:46 - Defining the Blog Model & Serializers ⏱ 01:15:39 - Developing Blog API Views in views.py ⏱ 01:23:49 - Extending JWT Access Token Expiry ⏱ 01:26:03 - Testing Blog Creation Endpoint in Postman ⏱ 01:36:44 - Implementing Blog Listing Functionality ⏱ 01:40:58 - Enabling Blog Updates via API ⏱ 01:46:19 - Testing Blog Update Endpoint in Postman ⏱ 01:54:54 - Implementing Blog Deletion Feature ⏱ 01:59:48 - Testing Blog Deletion in Postman ⏱ 02:02:58 - Updating User Profiles via API ⏱ 02:17:06 - Deploying the Django REST API to Production ⏱ 02:31:06 - Conclusion