djangorestframework-ext 0.7

Extensions of Django Rest framework

Django REST framework Ext

Some extensions of Django REST framework.

DynamicSizePageNumberPagination

Support using limit parameter to specify the page size for querying.

Return all data when the page parameter is not specified.

Usage:

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    ...
    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'djangorestframework_ext.pagination.DynamicSizePageNumberPagination',
    ...
}

Request:

GET https://api.example.org/accounts/?page=4&limit=100

DjangoModelPermissions

Add view permission control.

Usage:

from djangorestframework_ext.permissions import DjangoModelPermissions

IsCurrentUser

Determine whether it is the current login user.

Usage:

from djangorestframework_ext.permissions import IsCurrentUser

RecursiveSerializer

Usage:

from rest_framework import serializers
from djangorestframework_ext.serializers import RecursiveSerializer
from django.db import models


class Department(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField('Name', max_length=100)
    parent = models.ForeignKey('self', related_name='children', verbose_name='Parent')


class DepartmentTreeListSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    children = RecursiveSerializer(many=True)

    class Meta:
        model = Department
        fields = '__all__'

Response:

[{
    "id": 1,
    "children": [{
        "id": 2,
        "children": [{
            "id": 3,
            "children": [{
                "id": 4,
                "children": [],
                "name": "aaa",
                "parent": 3
            }],
            "name": "ddd",
            "parent": 2
        }, {
            "id": 5,
            "children": [{
                "id": 6,
                "children": [],
                "name": "eee",
                "parent": 7
            }],
            "name": "xxx",
            "parent": 2
        }],
        "name": "yyy",
        "parent": 1
    }],
    "name": "zzz",
    "parent": null
}]

ExportModelSerializer

Use verbose name or label replace field name.

Usage:

from djangorestframework_ext.serializers import ExportModelSerializer
from django.db import models


class Department(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField('Name', max_length=100)
    creator = models.ForeignKey(User, null=False, verbose_name='Creator')


class DepartmentExportSerializer(ExportModelSerializer):
    creator = serializers.StringRelatedField(label='Creator', read_only=True)
    
    class Meta:
        model = Department
        fields = ['name', 'creator']

Response:

[{
    "Name": "aaa",
    "Creator": "John"
}]

DynamicFieldsModelSerializer

It's copied from official document.

DEFAULT_QUERY_PARAMS

Default query params: page_query_param, page_size_query_param and ORDERING_PARAM.

exception_handler

Some exception handlers.

Usage:

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    ...
    'EXCEPTION_HANDLER': 'djangorestframework_ext.views.exception_handler',
    ...
}