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Django RESTful Web Services

You're reading from   Django RESTful Web Services The easiest way to build Python RESTful APIs and web services with Django

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788833929
Length 326 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
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Preface 1. Installing the Required Software and Tools FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Models, Migrations, Serialization, and Deserialization 3. Creating API Views 4. Using Generalized Behavior from the APIView Class 5. Understanding and Customizing the Browsable API Feature 6. Working with Advanced Relationships and Serialization 7. Using Constraints, Filtering, Searching, Ordering, and Pagination 8. Securing the API with Authentication and Permissions 9. Applying Throttling Rules and Versioning Management 10. Automating Tests 11. Solutions 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Running our initial migration

Now, it is necessary to create the initial migration for the new Toy model we recently coded. We will also synchronize the SQLite database for the first time. By default, Django uses the popular self-contained and embedded SQLite database, and therefore we don't need to make changes in the initial ORM configuration. In this example, we will be working with this default configuration. Of course, we will upgrade to another database after we have a sample web service built with Django. We will only use SQLite for this example.

We just need to run the following Python script in the virtual environment that we activated in the previous chapter. Make sure you are in the restful01 folder within the main folder for the virtual environment when you run the following command:

    python manage.py makemigrations toys  

The following lines show the output...

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