We recommend the following plugins for use with this guide:
Django REST Framework is the de facto framework for building REST API services with Django.
When using DRF, we can organise the logic in a domain this way:
urls.py- Router and URL configuration.apis.py- DRF view functions or view classes.serializers.py- Serialization for models.
Additional ruling for DRF:
- You should serialize all models using DRF serializers.
- You should not use the ModelMixin Viewsets as they will tightly couple the data layer with the presentation layer.
Graphene-Django is the recommended framework for creating GraphQL APIs with Django.
When using Graphen-Django, we can organise the logic in a domain this way:
apis.py- Queries and Mutations.
Additional ruling for Graphene-Django:
- You should not tightly link an
DjangoObjectTypeto a Django model as this will tightly couple the data layer with the presentation layer. Instead, use a genericObjectType.