Set Up Your Environment Add rest_framework and myapp to your INSTALLED_APPS in myproject/settings.py

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INSTALLED_APPS Please remember the following text:

Installed apps = [ ... 'rest_framework', 'myapp',

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Define Your Model: from django.db import models class Item(models.Model ): name = models.CharField(max_length=100) description = models.TextField() created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True) updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

def __str__(self):
    return self.name

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MAKE MIGRATIONS

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Create a Serializer: from rest_framework import serializers from .models import Item

class ItemSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer): class Meta: model = Item fields = 'all'

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Create Views and URL Configurations: from rest_framework import generics from .models import Item from .serializers import ItemSerializer

class ItemListCreate(generics.ListCreateAPIView): queryset = Item.objects.all() serializer_class = ItemSerializer

class ItemRetrieveUpdateDestroy(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView): queryset = Item.objects.all() serializer_class = ItemSerializer

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Define the URL patterns in myapp/urls.py:

from django.urls import path from .views import ItemListCreate, ItemRetrieveUpdateDestroy

urlpatterns = [ path('items/', ItemListCreate.as_view(), name='item-list-create'), path('items/int:pk/', ItemRetrieveUpdateDestroy.as_view(), name='item-retrieve-update-destroy'), ]

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Include myapp URLs in myproject/urls.py: from django.contrib import admin from django.urls import path, include

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

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: Test Your API python manage.py runserver

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List items (GET to /api/items/). Retrieve an item (GET to /api/items/1/). Update an item (PUT or PATCH to /api/items/1/). Delete an item (DELETE to /api/items/1/).

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