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Django REST framework
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**Django REST framework makes it easy to build well-connected, self-describing RESTful Web APIs.**
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**Author:** Tom Christie. `Follow me on Twitter <https://twitter.com/_tomchristie>`_.
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:build status: |build-image|
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.. |build-image| image:: https://secure.travis-ci.org/tomchristie/django-rest-framework.png?branch=master
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:target: https://secure.travis-ci.org/tomchristie/django-rest-framework
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**Important!** REST framework 2.0 is due to be released to PyPI by the end of October.
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If you are considering building a new API using REST framework you should start working
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with the `restframework2` branch, end refering to the upcoming [REST framework 2 docs][docs].
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Overview
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Features:
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* Creates awesome self-describing *web browse-able* APIs.
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* Clean, modular design, using Django's class based views.
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* Easily extended for custom content types, serialization formats and authentication policies.
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* Stable, well tested code-base.
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* Active developer community.
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Full documentation for the project is available at http://django-rest-framework.org
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Issue tracking is on `GitHub <https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework/issues>`_.
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General questions should be taken to the `discussion group <http://groups.google.com/group/django-rest-framework>`_.
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Requirements:
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* Python 2.6+
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* Django 1.3+
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Installation Notes
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==================
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To clone the project from GitHub using git::
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git clone git@github.com:tomchristie/django-rest-framework.git
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To install django-rest-framework in a virtualenv environment::
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cd django-rest-framework
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virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute env
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source env/bin/activate
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pip install -r requirements.txt # django, coverage
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To run the tests::
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export PYTHONPATH=. # Ensure djangorestframework is on the PYTHONPATH
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python djangorestframework/runtests/runtests.py
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To run the test coverage report::
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export PYTHONPATH=. # Ensure djangorestframework is on the PYTHONPATH
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python djangorestframework/runtests/runcoverage.py
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To run the examples::
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pip install -r examples/requirements.txt # pygments, httplib2, markdown
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cd examples
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export PYTHONPATH=..
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python manage.py syncdb
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python manage.py runserver
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To build the documentation::
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pip install -r docs/requirements.txt # sphinx
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sphinx-build -c docs -b html -d docs/build docs html
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To run the tests against the full set of supported configurations::
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deactivate # Ensure we are not currently running in a virtualenv
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tox
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To create the sdist packages::
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python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip
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[docs]: tomchristie.github.com/django-rest-framework |