Relearning DRF

This is a simple DRF project for learning django rest framework capabilities from the official documentation tutorial here.

Features

• Django 3.0+
• Uses venv - the officially recommended Python packaging tool from Python.org.
• Development, Staging and Production settings with django-configurations.
• Get value insight and debug information while on Development with django-debug-toolbar.
• Collection of custom extensions with django-extensions.
• HTTPS and other security related settings on Staging and Production.
• Procfile for running gunicorn with New Relic's Python agent.
• PostgreSQL database support with psycopg2.
• Using Neon Tech PostgreSQL managed DB neon.tech.

How to install

$ source .env
$ python -m venv venv
$ source ./venv/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python manage.py migrate
$ python manage.py runserver

Environment variables

Since I am using neon tech postgres managed DB for this example, this is how you would need to setup the database url variable in a .env file. The DATABASE_URL variable loads the correct settings, you can add the url to your DB here

export DATABASE_URL=postgres://<your_username>:<your_password>@<db_branch_id>.us-east-2.aws.neon.tech/drf_tutorial_db?options=endpoint%3D<db_branch_id>

With this you can setup your neon tech db with the name 'drf_tutorial_db' and add your db url here.

Deployment

It is possible to deploy to Heroku or to your own server.

License

The MIT License (MIT)