REST APIs with Django: Build powerful web APIs with Python and Django

by William S. Vincent

Learn how to build web APIs with Python and Django 2.1. Take a modern API-first approach to creating 3 different Django a Library API, Todo API, and a Blog API with user authentication, permissions, proper documentation, and more. You'll even learn how to connect them to a React front-end for a truly full-stack web application. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Genres: Programming

197 pages, Paperback

Published June 15, 2018

Reviews

[Maamoun Haj Najeeb · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice introduction to Django rest framework and APIs
needs some explanation in authentication section
my rating: 4.5/5

[Stefan Milicic · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is well explained but it is too basic. Since I was in doubt to either take this book or to go through the official tutorial, choosing the book and then realising that the next steps after reading it are pointing to the tutorial itself was quite disappointing.

Still, everything that is covered in the book is well explained (as already said) and the book could be considered as a legit first step when diving into DRF.

[Harry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Good illustration of ideas. Using third party tools instead of rebuilding everything is very practical for people like me.
Overall, thanks.
P.S. maybe next time it is a good idea to include the condensed steps required for each app in the appendix

[Stephen Loughin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to get you started building a micro-service api or a full web site powered by Python/Django. I've now built several and I refer back to this book often and have passed copies along to some of my co-workers.

[Shan Ziwen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book for beginner

A good book for a beginner to learn how to use Django restful Framework to develop API. it’s recommended to try the codes inside the book.

[Binyam Mesfin · Rating 5 out of 5]

To the point

Simple explanations and nice projects. I am using this book as a blue print for a small project. I found it a good introduction to Django APIs

[Aniruddha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book to get introduction to DRF and some of the required packages.

[David Mackey · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you are relatively new to coding or to APIs this is a great read. However, it is fairly introductory in depth. For the price I was hoping for something more exhaustive