DjangoBackendTutorial

This is a basic introduction to the Django Rest Framework. I've posted this here so I can easily refer to it accross machines. Note that I am running this on Linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Note that I did not create this tutorial, I am have simply gone through it and found it to be a particularly useful beginner guide and posted here for convenience sake. The original tutorial can be found at Django for React/Angular/Mobile Apps

Following the steps below, you should be able to reproduce the below screenshot on your machine:

Setup Backend

clone the repositroy:-

git clone https://github.com/vinitraj10/Django-React-Blog

Create Virtualenv for django:-

virtualenv -p python3 mobileBackend && cd mobileBackend

Activate Virtual env:-

source bin/activate

Install Djangorestframework:-

pip install django djangorestframework

Make Migrations:-

./manage.py makemigrations
./manage.py migrate

Enter Objects Into Database

Open the shell

python manage.py shell

Enter actors into our SQLite database

from actors.models import Actor
actor1 = Actor(
first_name="Tom",
last_name="Cruise",
dp="https://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk1MjM3NTU5M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTMyMjAyMg@@._V1_UY317_CR14,0,214,317_AL_.jpg",
age=55
)
actor1.save()
actor2 = Actor(
first_name="Hugh",
last_name="Jackman",
dp="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDExMzIzNjk3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTE4NDU5OA@@._V1_UX214_CR0,0,214,317_AL_.jpg",
age=49
)
actor2.save()

Verify the entries

Actor.objects.all()

This should give the following output:

<QuerySet [<Actor: Actor object (1)>, <Actor: Actor object (2)>]>

Run Server

Start server for your REST-API:-

./manage.py runserver

View in Browser

enter http://localhost:8000 in your browser window