django-swiftapi 0.1.0

Easy to use django package for building APIs quicker than ever, built on top of django-ninja-extra

Django SwiftAPI Documentation [Still Under Development]

Overview

Django SwiftAPI provides a powerful yet simple abstraction for automatically generating CRUD APIs, complete with automatic schema generation and robust file handling — currently supporting both local storage and Amazon S3, built on top of django-ninja-extra. The core of this system is the use of:

• SwiftBaseModel: A base model with built-in support for controlling request & responses, CRUD specifications, file fields, ownership, schema customization, object validations etc all out-of-the-box.
• SwiftBaseModelController: A customizable controller that automates schema generations & CRUD operations. All you need to do is plug-in your SwiftBaseModel & it handles everything in the background.

This documentation explains how to use these components, configure your project, and extend the system for your needs.

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Guide

• Installation
• Database Recommendation
• Model Definition
• Model-Controller Setup
• URL Configuration
• File Handling
• Authentication & Permissions

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Installation

Before you start working, you need some familiarity on django, django-ninja & django-ninja-extra with it's modelcontrolling capabilities.

Install it using:

pip install django_swiftapi

Then, add these in your INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...,
    'ninja_extra',
    'django_swiftapi',
]

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Database Recommendation

• django_swiftapi heavily relies on the ArrayField for managing file-fields. So you need to use a database that supports ArrayField. Normally PostgreSQL is a good fit.

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Model Definition

Inherit all your models from SwiftBaseModel to enable automatic shema generations, CRUD and file handling. Request & response schemas are also auto-generated based on specifications of this model.

Example:

from django.db import models
from django_swiftapi.modelcontrol.base_models import SwiftBaseModel
from django_swiftapi.crud_operation.files_handlers import Files_Param

class MyDocument(SwiftBaseModel):
    # You can use any django-specified fields here
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    description = models.TextField(blank=True)
    
    # If you're storing files:
    # Example file field (ArrayField)
    file_field = ArrayField(models.CharField(max_length=200), default=list, size=5, blank=True, null=True)
    
    ## Required configuration for file handling
    files_fields = ['file_field', ]  # Put all your file-fields names here
    files_params_list = [
        # For each file-fields, specify configurations here
        Files_Param(
            field_name="file_field",
            access="public",  # or "private"
            storage="local",  # or "amazons3"
            file_size_limit=10,  # MB
            validate_images=True,
        ),
    ]
    
    # Customize field requirements
    required_to_create = ['title']
    required_to_update = []
    
    # Exclude fields from requests/responses
    exclude_in_request = ['id', 'created', 'updated', 'created_by']  # If you override this list, make sure add these mentioned here. It will prevent showing them in the request-schema.
    exclude_in_response = []
    
    # Optional: Ownership checking
    obj_owner_check_before_save = True
    obj_fields_to_check_owner = []

Model Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
exclude_in_request	list[str]	['id', 'created', 'updated', 'created_by']	Specified fields here are excluded from request schemas
exclude_in_response	list[str]	[]	Specified fields here are excluded from response schemas
required_to_create	list[str]	[]	Specified fields here are treated as 'required' while creating an object of this model
required_to_update	list[str]	[]	Specified fields here are treated as 'required' while updating an object of this model
files_fields	list[str]	[]	List of file field names, these fields will be considered as file-fields by django_swiftapi
files_params_list	list[Files_Param]	[]	File configuration parameters for each file-field, this is required
obj_owner_check_before_save	bool	False	Enable ownership validation before save. enabling will tell django_swiftapi to check if the requesting user is the user that created this object
obj_fields_to_check_owner	list[str]	[]	A list of fields that link to other objects. Django SwiftAPI will use them to check if the user making the request created those related objects.
created_by_field	str	'created_by'	Field name for ownership tracking. you can modify it but default is recommended

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Model-Controller Setup

Create modelcontrollers by inheriting from SwiftBaseModelController:

All Configurations:

from ninja_extra import api_controller, permissions
from django_swiftapi.modelcontrol.base_modelcontrollers import SwiftBaseModelController
from .models import MyDocument

@api_controller("/documents",)
class DocumentController(SwiftBaseModelController):

    model_to_control = MyDocument

    create_enabled: bool = False
    create_path: str = 'create'
    create_info: str = 'create an item'
    create_request_schemas: list[tuple[str, str, Schema, bool]] = None
    create_response_schemas: dict[int, Schema] = None
    create_custom_permissions_list: list = []
    create_premium_check: bool = False

    retrieve_one_enabled: bool = False
    retrieve_one_path: str = 'retrieveone/{id}'
    retrieve_one_info: str = 'retrieve an item'
    retrieve_one_depth = 0
    retrieve_one_response_schemas: dict[int, Schema] = None
    retrieve_one_custom_permissions_list: list = []
    retrieve_one_obj_permission_check: bool = False
    retrieve_one_premium_check: bool = False

    filter_enabled: bool = False
    filter_path: str = 'filter'
    filter_info: str = 'filter & get the listed result'
    filter_depth = 0
    filter_request_schemas: list[tuple[str, str, Schema, bool]] = None
    filter_response_schemas: dict[int, Schema] = None
    filter_custom_permissions_list: list = []
    filter_obj_permission_check: bool = False
    filter_premium_check: bool = False

    update_enabled: bool = False
    update_path: str = '{id}/update'
    update_info: str = 'update or add files to an item'
    update_request_schemas: list[tuple[str, str, Schema, bool]] = None
    update_response_schemas: dict[int, Schema] = None
    update_custom_permissions_list: list = []
    update_obj_permission_check: bool = False
    update_premium_check: bool = False

    file_retrieve_enabled: bool = False
    file_retrieve_path: str = '{id}/file/retrieve'
    file_retrieve_info: str = 'retrieve a single file of an item'
    file_retrieve_request_schemas: list[tuple[str, str, Schema, bool]] = None
    file_retrieve_response_schemas: dict[int, Schema] = None
    file_retrieve_custom_permissions_list: list = []
    file_retrieve_obj_permission_check: bool = False
    file_retrieve_premium_check: bool = False

    files_remove_enabled: bool = False
    files_remove_path: str = '{id}/files/remove'
    files_remove_info: str = 'remove files of an item', 
    files_remove_request_schemas: list[tuple[str, str, Schema, bool]] = None
    files_remove_response_schemas: dict[int, Schema] = None
    files_remove_custom_permissions_list: list = []
    files_remove_obj_permission_check: bool = False
    files_remove_premium_check: bool = False

    delete_enabled: bool = False
    delete_path: str = '{id}/delete'
    delete_info: str = 'delete an item with all its files'
    delete_response_schemas: dict[int, Schema] = None
    delete_custom_permissions_list: list = []
    delete_obj_permission_check: bool = False
    delete_premium_check: bool = False

Model-Controller Options

CRUD Operations

Option	Type	Default	Description
create_enabled	bool	False	Enable create endpoint
retrieve_one_enabled	bool	False	Enable retrieve endpoint
filter_enabled	bool	False	Enable filter/search endpoint
update_enabled	bool	False	Enable update endpoint
delete_enabled	bool	False	Enable delete endpoint

File Operations

Option	Type	Default	Description
file_retrieve_enabled	bool	False	Enable file retrieval endpoint
files_remove_enabled	bool	False	Enable file removal endpoint

Permission Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
*_custom_permissions_list	list	[]	Custom permissions for specific operation
*_obj_permission_check	bool	False	Check object ownership for operation

Path Customization (You can leave it to the default)

Option	Type	Default	Description
create_path	str	'create'	Custom path for create endpoint
retrieve_one_path	str	'retrieveone/{id}'	Custom path for retrieve endpoint
filter_path	str	'filter'	Custom path for filter endpoint
update_path	str	'{id}/update'	Custom path for update endpoint
delete_path	str	'{id}/delete'	Custom path for delete endpoint
file_retrieve_path	str	'{id}/file/retrieve'	Custom path for file retrieve
files_remove_path	str	'{id}/files/remove'	Custom path for file removal

You can also customize their info and schemas. just set the variables properly.

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URL Configuration

Configure your URLs to include the API endpoints (Reference):

# urls.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
from ninja_extra import NinjaExtraAPI
from your_app.controllers import DocumentController

api = NinjaExtraAPI()
api.register_controllers(DocumentController)

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('api/', api.urls),
]

urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

That's it!

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File Handling

File Configuration

Configure file handling using Files_Param:

from crud_operation.files_handlers import Files_Param

files_params_list = [
    Files_Param(
        field_name="name_of_your_field",    # Field name in model
        access="public",                    # "public" or "private"
        storage="local",                    # "local" or "amazons3"
        file_size_limit=10,                 # Size limit in MB
        validate_images=True,               # Validate image files
    ),
    Files_Param(
        field_name="name_of_your_field",
        access="private",
        storage="amazons3",
        file_size_limit=20,
        validate_images=False,
    ),
]

Then in settings.py (use what you need):

# local
PUBLIC_LOCAL_FILE_WRITE_LOCATION = "" # ex: 'dummy_site_files/public'
PUBLIC_LOCAL_FILE_URL_PREFIX = "" # ex: '/media'
PRIVATE_LOCAL_FILE_WRITE_LOCATION = "" # ex: 'dummy_site_files/private'

# amazon s3
PUBLIC_AMAZONS3_BUCKET_NAME = ""
PUBLIC_AMAZONS3_FILE_WRITE_LOCATION = ""
PUBLIC_AMAZONS3_FILE_URL_PREFIX = ""
PRIVATE_AMAZONS3_BUCKET_NAME = ""
PRIVATE_AMAZONS3_FILE_WRITE_LOCATION = ""

# Needed in both cases
MEDIA_ROOT = PUBLIC_LOCAL_FILE_WRITE_LOCATION
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'  # this value '/media/' is necessary for serving files during development

File Operations

The system automatically provides these file operations:

• Upload: Files are uploaded during create/update operations
• Retrieve: Download files via /file/retrieve endpoint
• Remove: Delete specific files via /files/remove endpoint
• Storage: Automatic handling of local and S3 storage

File Access Control

• Public files: Accessible without authentication
• Private files: Require authentication and ownership verification

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Authentication & Permissions

django_swiftapi is highly compatible with django-allauth. So, if you're using django-allauth, you can validate authentications directly in your modelcontrollers.

Using Built-in Authentication Classes

from django_swiftapi.modelcontrol.authenticators import (
    djangoallauth_UserAuthentication,
    base_UserAuthentication
)

# Using allauth authentication
@api_controller("/api", permissions=[djangoallauth_UserAuthentication()])
class MyController(SwiftBaseModelController):
    pass

Customizing Authentication Class

If you're using any other user authentication system, you need to define your own authentication class overriding just one function:

# Create custom authentication
class CustomAuthentication(base_UserAuthentication):
    def has_permission(self, request, view):
        # Your custom logic for verifying if the user is authenticated
        # return the user object if authenticated else None

then use it like this:

@api_controller("/api", permissions=[CustomAuthentication()])
class MyController(SwiftBaseModelController):
    pass

Permission Levels

1. Controller Level: Applied to all endpoints in the controller
2. Operation Level: Specific permissions per CRUD operation
3. Object Level: Ownership-based permissions

Ownership Checking

Enable object-level permissions:

class DocumentController(SwiftBaseModelController):
    retrieve_one_obj_permission_check = True  # Only owner can retrieve
    update_obj_permission_check = True        # Only owner can update
    delete_obj_permission_check = True        # Only owner can delete

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Filtering and Search

The filter endpoint supports:

• Field-based filtering
• Search functionality via URL parameters
• Pagination [Can be set according to django-ninja specs]
• Custom filter expressions

Example filter request:

POST /api/documents/filter
{
    "title": "My Document",
    "created__gte": "2024-01-01"
}

You can basically use everything provided by django-ninja & django-ninja-extra!

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