drf-addons-plus 0.1

This project provides some extra functionalities to be used with Django REST Framework

drf-addons-plus

Some magic to the base Django REST Framework

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Overview

This project provides some extra functionalities to be used with Django REST Framework

• Field selection to Viewsets, eg. ?fields=id,name
• Conditional filtering to Viewsets, eg. ?conditional=active,-inactive

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Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• Django 4.2, 5.0, 5.1
• Django REST Framework 3.0+ or less, you can test it

Installation

Install using pip...

pip install drf_addons_plus

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Examples

• models.py:

from django.db import models

class FooModel(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    status = models.BooleanField()

• serializers.py:

from drf_addons_plus import serializers

from .models import FooModel


class FooSerializer(serializers.DynamicFieldsModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = FooModel
        fields = ['name', 'status']

• views.py:

from rest_framework import filters
from drf_addons_plus import filters as filters_plus
from drf_addons_plus import viewsets

from .models import FooModel
from .serializers import FooSerializer


class FooViewSet(viewsets.FieldsModelViewSet):
    queryset = FooModel.objects.all()
    serializer_class = FooSerializer
    permission_classes = []
    filter_backends = [filters.SearchFilter, filters_plus.ConditionalFilter]
    search_fields = ['name']
    conditional_fields = ['status']

• Request http://localhost:8000/foo/:

[
    {
        "name": "Bar",
        "status": false
    }
]

• Request http://localhost:8000/foo/?fields=name&conditional=-status:

[
    {
        "name": "Bar"
    }
]

• Request http://localhost:8000/foo/?conditional=status:

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Disclaimer

This project has started and maybe will be maintened, but it's simple enough to probably not give you any trouble.

Credits

Django REST Framework YAtOff