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# Tutorial 3: Class Based Views
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We can also write our API views using class based views, rather than function based views. As we'll see this is a powerful pattern that allows us to reuse common functionality, and helps us keep our code [DRY][dry].
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## Rewriting our API using class based views
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We'll start by rewriting the root view as a class based view. All this involves is a little bit of refactoring.
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from snippets.models import Snippet
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from snippets.serializers import SnippetSerializer
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from django.http import Http404
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from rest_framework.views import APIView
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from rest_framework.response import Response
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from rest_framework import status
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class SnippetList(APIView):
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"""
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List all snippets, or create a new snippet.
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"""
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def get(self, request, format=None):
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snippets = Snippet.objects.all()
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serializer = SnippetSerializer(snippets, many=True)
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return Response(serializer.data)
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def post(self, request, format=None):
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serializer = SnippetSerializer(data=request.DATA)
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if serializer.is_valid():
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serializer.save()
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return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
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return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
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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.
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class SnippetDetail(APIView):
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"""
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Retrieve, update or delete a snippet instance.
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"""
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def get_object(self, pk):
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try:
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return Snippet.objects.get(pk=pk)
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except Snippet.DoesNotExist:
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raise Http404
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def get(self, request, pk, format=None):
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snippet = self.get_object(pk)
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serializer = SnippetSerializer(snippet)
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return Response(serializer.data)
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def put(self, request, pk, format=None):
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snippet = self.get_object(pk)
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serializer = SnippetSerializer(snippet, data=request.DATA)
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if serializer.is_valid():
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serializer.save()
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return Response(serializer.data)
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return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
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def delete(self, request, pk, format=None):
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snippet = self.get_object(pk)
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snippet.delete()
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return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
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That's looking good. Again, it's still pretty similar to the function based view right now.
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We'll also need to refactor our URLconf slightly now we're using class based views.
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from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
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from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns
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from snippets import views
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urlpatterns = patterns('',
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url(r'^snippets/$', views.SnippetList.as_view()),
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url(r'^snippets/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', views.SnippetDetail.as_view()),
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)
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urlpatterns = format_suffix_patterns(urlpatterns)
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Okay, we're done. If you run the development server everything should be working just as before.
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## Using mixins
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One of the big wins of using class based views is that it allows us to easily compose reusable bits of behaviour.
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The create/retrieve/update/delete operations that we've been using so far are going to be pretty simliar for any model-backed API views we create. Those bits of common behaviour are implemented in REST framework's mixin classes.
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Let's take a look at how we can compose our views by using the mixin classes.
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from snippets.models import Snippet
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from snippets.serializers import SnippetSerializer
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from rest_framework import mixins
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from rest_framework import generics
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class SnippetList(mixins.ListModelMixin,
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mixins.CreateModelMixin,
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generics.MultipleObjectAPIView):
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model = Snippet
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serializer_class = SnippetSerializer
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def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
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return self.list(request, *args, **kwargs)
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def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
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return self.create(request, *args, **kwargs)
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We'll take a moment to examine exactly what's happening here. We're building our view using `MultipleObjectAPIView`, and adding in `ListModelMixin` and `CreateModelMixin`.
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The base class provides the core functionality, and the mixin classes provide the `.list()` and `.create()` actions. We're then explicitly binding the `get` and `post` methods to the appropriate actions. Simple enough stuff so far.
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class SnippetDetail(mixins.RetrieveModelMixin,
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mixins.UpdateModelMixin,
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mixins.DestroyModelMixin,
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generics.SingleObjectAPIView):
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model = Snippet
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serializer_class = SnippetSerializer
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def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
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return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
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def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
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return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)
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def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
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return self.destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
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Pretty similar. This time we're using the `SingleObjectAPIView` class to provide the core functionality, and adding in mixins to provide the `.retrieve()`, `.update()` and `.destroy()` actions.
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## Using generic class based views
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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.
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from snippets.models import Snippet
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from snippets.serializers import SnippetSerializer
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from rest_framework import generics
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class SnippetList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
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model = Snippet
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serializer_class = SnippetSerializer
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class SnippetDetail(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
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model = Snippet
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serializer_class = SnippetSerializer
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Wow, that's pretty concise. We've gotten a huge amount for free, and our code looks like good, clean, idiomatic Django.
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Next we'll move onto [part 4 of the tutorial][tut-4], where we'll take a look at how we can deal with authentication and permissions for our API.
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[dry]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_repeat_yourself
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[tut-4]: 4-authentication-and-permissions.md
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