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Django REST API Development🔌

Intermediate→Advanced

Django 6

Build robust, scalable RESTful APIs with Django. Learn API design principles, serialization, authentication, permissions, and best practices for modern API development.

8

Sections

32

Lessons

29

Challenges

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REST API Principles

Creating JSON Responses

HTTP Method Purpose(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Handling Request Data

API Request-Response Cycle(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

URL Routing for APIs

JsonResponse Safe Parameter(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Creating API View Classes

Input Validation

Validation Error Status Code(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Generic API Views

Method Decorator Usage(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Serialization Patterns

N+1 Query Problem(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Token-Based Authentication

API Permissions

Bearer Token Format(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Session Authentication for APIs

Permission Denied Status(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

JWT Authentication

Secure JWT Storage(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Implementing Pagination

Filtering and Search

Pagination Types(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Ordering and Sorting

Search Multiple Fields(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Sparse Fieldsets

Safe Ordering(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

API Versioning Strategies

Consistent Error Handling

Versioning Best Practices(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

OpenAPI Documentation

Error Response Structure(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

API Deprecation Strategies

Sunset Header Purpose(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

API Versioning Edge Case(Sign in required)

Advanced+30 Mana

API Testing Fundamentals

Test Fixtures and Factories

Sending JSON in Tests(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Testing Edge Cases

Testing with Headers(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Performance Testing APIs

Test Lifecycle Order(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Testing Race Conditions(Sign in required)

Advanced+30 Mana

Implementing Rate Limiting

Rate Limiting Strategies

Rate Limit Status Code(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Rate Limit Headers and Responses

Rate Limiting Algorithms(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

DDoS Protection Basics

Rate Limit Headers(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Distributed Rate Limiting(Sign in required)

Advanced+30 Mana

API Design Principles

Consistent Response Formats

PUT vs PATCH(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

POST Success Status(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

HATEOAS and Hypermedia

HATEOAS Benefit(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Idempotency in APIs

Idempotent Methods(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Idempotency Key Edge Case(Sign in required)

Advanced+30 Mana

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