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## Rewriting our API using class based views
We'll start by rewriting the root view as a class based view. All this involves is a little bit of refactoring.
We'll start by rewriting the root view as a class based view. All this involves is a little bit of refactoring of `views.py`.
from snippets.models import Snippet
from snippets.serializers import SnippetSerializer
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return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
So far, so good. It looks pretty similar to the previous case, but we've got better separation between the different HTTP methods. We'll also need to update the instance view.
So far, so good. It looks pretty similar to the previous case, but we've got better separation between the different HTTP methods. We'll also need to update the instance view in `views.py`.
class SnippetDetail(APIView):
"""
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That's looking good. Again, it's still pretty similar to the function based view right now.
We'll also need to refactor our URLconf slightly now we're using class based views.
We'll also need to refactor our `urls.py` slightly now we're using class based views.
from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns
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The create/retrieve/update/delete operations that we've been using so far are going to be pretty similar for any model-backed API views we create. Those bits of common behaviour are implemented in REST framework's mixin classes.
Let's take a look at how we can compose our views by using the mixin classes.
Let's take a look at how we can compose our `views.py` by using the mixin classes.
from snippets.models import Snippet
from snippets.serializers import SnippetSerializer
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## Using generic class based views
Using the mixin classes we've rewritten the views to use slightly less code than before, but we can go one step further. REST framework provides a set of already mixed-in generic views that we can use.
Using the mixin classes we've rewritten the views to use slightly less code than before, but we can go one step further. REST framework provides a set of already mixed-in generic views that we can use to trim down `views.py` even more.
from snippets.models import Snippet
from snippets.serializers import SnippetSerializer