django-rest-framework/docs/howto/setup.rst
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.. _setup:
Setup
=====
Installing into site-packages
-----------------------------
If you need to manually install Django REST framework to your ``site-packages`` directory, run the ``setup.py`` script::
python setup.py install
Template Loaders
----------------
Django REST framework uses a few templates for the HTML and plain text documenting emitters.
* 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 <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/modwsgi/#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)
Markdown
--------
The Python `markdown library <http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/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 emitter.
robots.txt, favicon, login/logout
---------------------------------
Django REST framework comes with a few views that can be useful including a deny robots view, a favicon view, and api login and logout views::
from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns
urlpatterns = patterns('djangorestframework.views',
(r'robots.txt', 'deny_robots'),
(r'favicon.ico', 'favicon'),
# Add your resources here
(r'^accounts/login/$', 'api_login'),
(r'^accounts/logout/$', 'api_logout'),
)