How To Make a Django REST API - Full Tutorial & Deployment

Tech With Tim February 29, 2024
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In this video, I'll teach you how to make a Django API using Python & the Django REST framework. This API will be able create, read, & delete data. At the end of this video, I'll even show you how to deploy this API to a public URL. Try Acorn Today! https://acorn.io/auth/login?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=techwithtim If you want to land a developer job: https://techwithtim.net/dev 🎞 Video Resources 🎞 Test out the API: https://acorn.io/run/index.docker.io/techwithtim0/django-api-tutorial?ref=techwithtim Code in this video: https://github.com/techwithtim/django-rest-api How to Install Acorn: https://docs.acorn.io/install Learn more about Acorn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxTBvsAqhxI ⏳ Timestamps ⏳ 00:00 | Introduction 01:00 | Installation/Setup 02:18 | Creating A Django Project 04:43 | Defining The Models 07:07 | Defining The Serializer 09:05 | Creating Views 11:36 | Defining The URLs 15:26 | Database Migrations 18:10 | Creating More Complex Views 23:02 | Creating Custom Views 24:53 | Deploying The API 35:32 | Sharing The Deployment Hashtags #api #programming #techwithtim #django

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