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Setup
=====
Installing into site-packages
-----------------------------
Templates
---------
If you need to manually install Django REST framework to your ``site-packages`` directory, run the ``setup.py`` script::
Django REST framework uses a few templates for the HTML and plain text
documenting renderers. You'll need to ensure ``TEMPLATE_LOADERS`` setting
contains ``'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader'``.
This will already be the case by default.
python setup.py install
Template Loaders
----------------
Django REST framework uses a few templates for the HTML and plain text documenting renderers.
* Ensure ``TEMPLATE_LOADERS`` setting contains ``'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader'``.
This will be the case by default so you shouldn't normally need to do anything here.
Admin Styling
-------------
Django REST framework uses the admin media for styling. When running using Django's testserver this is automatically served for you,
but once you move onto a production server, you'll want to make sure you serve the admin media separately, exactly as you would do
`if using the Django admin <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/modpython/#serving-the-admin-files>`_.
* Ensure that the ``ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX`` is set appropriately and that you are serving the admin media.
(Django's testserver will automatically serve the admin media for you)
You may customize the templates by creating a new template called ``djangorestframework/api.html``
in your project, extend ``djangorestframework/base.html`` and override the
appropriate ``{% block tags %}``. For example::
You may customize the templates by creating a new template called
``djangorestframework/api.html`` in your project, which should extend
``djangorestframework/base.html`` and override the appropriate
block tags. For example::
{% extends "djangorestframework/base.html" %}
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{% endblock %}
Styling
-------
Django REST framework requires `django.contrib.staticfiles`_ to serve it's css.
If you're using Django 1.2 you'll need to use the seperate
`django-staticfiles`_ package instead.
You can override the styling by creating a file in your top-level static
directory named ``djangorestframework/css/style.css``
Markdown
--------
The Python `markdown library <http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown/>`_ is not required but comes recommended.
`Python markdown`_ is not required but comes recommended.
If markdown is installed your :class:`.Resource` descriptions can include `markdown style formatting
<http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax>`_ which will be rendered by the HTML documenting renderer.
If markdown is installed your :class:`.Resource` descriptions can include
`markdown formatting`_ which will be rendered by the self-documenting API.
login/logout
---------------------------------
YAML
----
Django REST framework comes with a few views that can be useful including an api
login and logout views::
YAML support is optional, and requires `PyYAML`_.
Login / Logout
--------------
Django REST framework includes login and logout views that are useful if
you're using the self-documenting API::
from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns
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(r'^accounts/logout/$', 'api_logout'),
)
.. _django.contrib.staticfiles: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/
.. _django-staticfiles: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-staticfiles/
.. _URLObject: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/URLObject/
.. _Python markdown: http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown/
.. _markdown formatting: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
.. _PyYAML: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyYAML

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* Python (2.5, 2.6, 2.7 supported)
* Django (1.2, 1.3, 1.4-alpha supported)
* Django (1.2, 1.3, 1.4 supported)
* `django.contrib.staticfiles`_ (or `django-staticfiles`_ for Django 1.2)
* `URLObject`_ >= 2.0.0
* `Markdown`_ >= 2.1.0 (Optional)
* `PyYAML`_ >= 3.10 (Optional)
Installation
------------
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git clone git@github.com:tomchristie/django-rest-framework.git
Or you can `download the current release <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/djangorestframework>`_.
Setup
-----
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* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`
.. _django.contrib.staticfiles: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/
.. _django-staticfiles: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-staticfiles/
.. _URLObject: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/URLObject/
.. _Markdown: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown/
.. _PyYAML: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyYAML