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**Full documentation for REST framework is available on [http://django-rest-framework.org][docs].**
Note that this is the 2.0 version of REST framework. If you are looking for earlier versions please see the [0.4.x branch][0.4] on GitHub.
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# Overview # Overview
This branch is the redesign of Django REST framework. It is a work in progress. Django REST framework is a lightweight library that makes it easy to build Web APIs. It is designed as a modular and easy to customize architecture, based on Django's class based views.
For more information, check out [the documentation][docs], in particular, the tutorial is recommended as the best place to get an overview of the redesign. Web APIs built using REST framework are fully self-describing and web browseable - a huge useability win for your developers. It also supports a wide range of media types, authentication and permission policies out of the box.
If you are considering using REST framework for your API, we recommend reading the [REST framework 2 announcment][rest-framework-2-announcement] which gives a good overview of the framework and it's capabilities.
There is also a sandbox API you can use for testing purposes, [available here][sandbox].
# Requirements # Requirements
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# Installation # Installation
**Leaving these instructions in for the moment, they'll be valid once this becomes the master version**
Install using `pip`... Install using `pip`...
pip install djangorestframework pip install djangorestframework
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git clone git@github.com:tomchristie/django-rest-framework.git git clone git@github.com:tomchristie/django-rest-framework.git
pip install -r requirements.txt pip install -r requirements.txt
# Quickstart
**TODO**
# Development # Development
To build the docs. To build the docs.
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[0.4]: https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework/tree/0.4.X
[sandbox]: http://restframework.herokuapp.com/
[rest-framework-2-announcement]: topics/rest-framework-2-announcement.md
[docs]: http://tomchristie.github.com/django-rest-framework/ [docs]: http://tomchristie.github.com/django-rest-framework/
[urlobject]: https://github.com/zacharyvoase/urlobject [urlobject]: https://github.com/zacharyvoase/urlobject
[markdown]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown/ [markdown]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown/

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**A toolkit for building well-connected, self-describing Web APIs.** **A toolkit for building well-connected, self-describing Web APIs.**
**WARNING: This documentation is for the 2.0 redesign of REST framework. It is a work in progress.** ---
**Note**: This documentation is for the 2.0 version of REST framework. If you are looking for earlier versions please see the [0.4.x branch][0.4] on GitHub.
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Django REST framework is a lightweight library that makes it easy to build Web APIs. It is designed as a modular and easy to customize architecture, based on Django's class based views. Django REST framework is a lightweight library that makes it easy to build Web APIs. It is designed as a modular and easy to customize architecture, based on Django's class based views.
Web APIs built using REST framework are fully self-describing and web browseable - a huge useability win for your developers. It also supports a wide range of media types, authentication and permission policies out of the box. Web APIs built using REST framework are fully self-describing and web browseable - a huge useability win for your developers. It also supports a wide range of media types, authentication and permission policies out of the box.
If you are considering using REST framework for your API, we recommend reading the [REST framework 2 announcment][rest-framework-2-announcement] which gives a good overview of the framework and it's capabilities.
There is also a sandbox API you can use for testing purposes, [available here][sandbox].
**Below**: *Screenshot from the browseable API*
![Screenshot][image]
## Requirements ## Requirements
REST framework requires the following: REST framework requires the following:
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## Installation ## Installation
**WARNING: These instructions will only become valid once this becomes the master version**
Install using `pip`, including any optional packages you want... Install using `pip`, including any optional packages you want...
pip install djangorestframework pip install djangorestframework
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[urlobject]: https://github.com/zacharyvoase/urlobject [urlobject]: https://github.com/zacharyvoase/urlobject
[markdown]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown/ [markdown]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown/
[yaml]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyYAML [yaml]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyYAML
[0.4]: https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework/tree/0.4.X
[image]: img/quickstart.png
[sandbox]: http://restframework.herokuapp.com/
[quickstart]: tutorial/quickstart.md [quickstart]: tutorial/quickstart.md
[tut-1]: tutorial/1-serialization.md [tut-1]: tutorial/1-serialization.md

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> >
> — [Roy Fielding][cite] > — [Roy Fielding][cite]
REST framework 2 is an almost complete reworking of the original framework, which comprehensivly addresses some of the original design issues. ---
**Announcement:** REST framework 2 released - Tue 30th Oct 2012
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REST framework 2 is an almost complete reworking of the original framework, which comprehensively addresses some of the original design issues.
Because the latest version should be considered a re-release, rather than an incremental improvement, we've skipped a version, and called this release Django REST framework 2.0. Because the latest version should be considered a re-release, rather than an incremental improvement, we've skipped a version, and called this release Django REST framework 2.0.

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The tutorial is fairly in-depth, so you should probably get a cookie and a cup of your favorite brew before getting started. If you just want a quick overview, you should head over to the [quickstart] documentation instead. The tutorial is fairly in-depth, so you should probably get a cookie and a cup of your favorite brew before getting started. If you just want a quick overview, you should head over to the [quickstart] documentation instead.
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**Note**: The final code for this tutorial is available in the [tomchristie/rest-framework-tutorial][repo] repository on GitHub. There is also a sandbox version for testing, [available here][sandbox].
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## Setting up a new environment ## Setting up a new environment
Before we do anything else we'll create a new virtual environment, using [virtualenv]. This will make sure our package configuration is keep nicely isolated from any other projects we're working on. Before we do anything else we'll create a new virtual environment, using [virtualenv]. This will make sure our package configuration is keep nicely isolated from any other projects we're working on.
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We'll see how we can start to improve things in [part 2 of the tutorial][tut-2]. We'll see how we can start to improve things in [part 2 of the tutorial][tut-2].
[quickstart]: quickstart.md [quickstart]: quickstart.md
[repo]: https://github.com/tomchristie/rest-framework-tutorial
[sandbox]: http://restframework.herokuapp.com/
[virtualenv]: http://www.virtualenv.org/en/latest/index.html [virtualenv]: http://www.virtualenv.org/en/latest/index.html
[tut-2]: 2-requests-and-responses.md [tut-2]: 2-requests-and-responses.md

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**Now go build some awesome things.** **Now go build some awesome things.**
[repo]: https://github.com/tomchristie/rest-framework-tutorial [repo]: https://github.com/tomchristie/rest-framework-tutorial
[sandbox]: http://sultry-coast-6726.herokuapp.com/ [sandbox]: http://restframework.herokuapp.com/
[github]: https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework [github]: https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework
[group]: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/django-rest-framework [group]: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/django-rest-framework
[twitter]: https://twitter.com/_tomchristie [twitter]: https://twitter.com/_tomchristie