djboost 🚀

One command. Production-ready Django REST API.

djboost generates a fully-configured Django REST API project in seconds — DRF, JWT, pagination, standard response format, and more. Add Celery, Docker, Swagger anytime with djboost add. No boilerplate. No config hunting.

pip install djboost
djboost create project myproject

That's it. Your project is ready.

✨ What you get

🚀 Quick Start

1 — Create a virtual environment

python -m venv env

# Windows
env\Scripts\activate

# Mac / Linux
source env/bin/activate

2 — Install djboost

pip install djboost

3 — Create your project

Navigate to an empty folder and run:

djboost create project myproject

This single command will:

1. Install Django and scaffold the project
2. Configure settings.py with production-ready settings
3. Generate .env pre-filled with all required keys
4. Set up pytest.ini, .pre-commit-config.yaml, .gitignore
5. Install only 13 essential dependencies (add more later as needed)
6. Create common/ package with response helpers, pagination, and exception handler
7. Freeze requirements.txt

📱 Creating Apps

cd myproject
djboost create app users

This creates a standard app structure:

apps/users/
├── views/           ← Multiple view files (not single file)
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── users.py     ← List + Detail views
├── serializers/     ← Multiple serializer files
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── users.py     ← Detail + List serializers
├── service/         ← Business logic layer
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── helpers.py   ← Helper functions
├── permissions.py   ← Custom permissions (IsOwner, IsAdminOrReadOnly)
├── tasks.py         ← Celery tasks template
├── models.py        ← Standard model with UUID, user, timestamps
├── admin.py         ← Admin config with list_display, filters
├── urls.py          ← Standard URL patterns
├── apps.py          ← App config (name = 'apps.users')
└── tests.py         ← Fresh default Django test file

🔐 Creating Accounts App (Full Auth System)

Create a complete accounts app with all auth APIs ready:

djboost create accounts

This creates a production-ready accounts module:

apps/accounts/
├── models.py           ← Custom User (email login), EmailOTP, AdminSectionPermission
├── permissions.py      ← IsSuperAdmin, IsAdmin, HasSectionAccess, IsOwner
├── tasks.py            ← Celery tasks for OTP emails, admin invitations
├── views/
│   ├── auth.py         ← SignUp, SignIn, VerifyEmail, SocialLogin, RefreshToken
│   ├── password.py     ← ForgotPassword, ResetPassword, ChangePassword
│   └── profile.py      ← MyAccount (GET/PUT)
├── serializers/
│   ├── auth.py         ← SignUp, SignIn, VerifyEmail, SocialLogin
│   ├── password.py     ← ForgotPassword, ResetPassword, ChangePassword
│   └── profile.py      ← UserProfile
├── urls.py             ← All auth endpoints
├── admin.py            ← User admin with role management
├── apps.py
├── tests.py
└── migrations/

API Endpoints:

📋 CI/CD Pipelines

Add or remove CI/CD any time — it's modular.

djboost add cicd github    # GitHub Actions
djboost add cicd gitlab    # GitLab CI

djboost remove cicd github
djboost remove cicd gitlab

⚡ Adding Celery

Add Celery to your existing Django project:

djboost add celery          # Add Celery worker
djboost add celery-beat     # Add Celery Beat scheduler

This will:

1. Install celery + redis packages
2. Generate celery.py and tasks.py in your project
3. Update settings.py with Celery configuration
4. Update requirements.txt

Removing Celery

djboost remove celery

This will:

1. Uninstall celery + redis packages
2. Remove celery.py and tasks.py files
3. Remove Celery configuration from settings.py
4. Remove Celery from requirements.txt

🐳 Adding Docker

Add Docker configuration to your existing Django project:

djboost add docker

This will:

1. Generate Dockerfile
2. Generate docker-compose.yml with 6 services:
   • web - Django application
   • db - PostgreSQL database
   • redis - Redis cache/broker
   • celery - Celery worker
   • celery-beat - Celery Beat scheduler
   • flower - Celery monitoring dashboard
3. Generate .dockerignore
4. Install flower package

📚 Adding API Documentation

Add Swagger/ReDoc API documentation:

djboost add api-docs swagger    # Add Swagger UI
djboost add api-docs redoc      # Add ReDoc
djboost add api-docs both       # Add both

After adding, access your API docs at:

• Swagger UI: http://localhost:8000/api/schema/swagger-ui/
• ReDoc: http://localhost:8000/api/schema/redoc/

📊 Response Format

All responses follow a consistent format:

Success Response:

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "Data retrieved successfully.",
    "data": [...]
}

Paginated Response:

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "Data retrieved successfully.",
    "data": [...],
    "meta": {
        "count": 100,
        "total_pages": 10,
        "current_page": 1,
        "page_size": 10
    }
}

Error Response:

{
    "success": false,
    "message": "Invalid email or password.",
    "data": null,
    "errors": {
        "email": ["This field is required."]
    }
}

Usage in Views

from common.responses import success_response, error_response
from common.pagination import CustomPagination

# Success response
return success_response(message="User created", data=user_data)

# Error response
return error_response(message="Invalid credentials", status_code=401)

# Pagination
paginator = CustomPagination()
return paginator.paginate_data(
    queryset=users,
    request=request,
    serializer_class=UserSerializer,
)

🏃 Running Your Project

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver

With Docker

docker-compose up --build

📖 CLI Reference

djboost --version                  # Show version
djboost --help                     # Show help

# Create commands
djboost create project [NAME]      # Create new Django project (default: core)
djboost create app NAME            # Create standard app with directory structure
djboost create accounts            # Create full accounts app with auth APIs

# Add commands
djboost add cicd github|gitlab     # Add CI/CD pipeline
djboost add celery                 # Add Celery worker + packages
djboost add celery-beat            # Add Celery Beat scheduler
djboost add docker                 # Add Docker configuration
djboost add api-docs swagger|redoc|both  # Add API documentation

# Remove commands
djboost remove cicd github|gitlab  # Remove CI/CD pipeline
djboost remove celery              # Remove Celery + uninstall packages

📦 Dependencies

Essential (installed with create project):

• Django REST Framework + Simple JWT
• django-cors-headers, python-decouple, Pillow
• drf-spectacular, whitenoise
• pytest, black, flake8, isort

Optional (add only when needed):

• djboost add celery → celery, redis
• djboost add docker → flower

📋 Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• Virtual environment (djboost will warn you if not activated)

📄 License

MIT — Munjur Alom