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Django 3 By Example - Third Edition
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Django 3 By Example - Third Edition

by Antonio Mele
March 2020
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
568 pages
12h 14m
English
Packt Publishing
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12

Building an API

In the previous chapter, you built a system for student registration and enrollment on courses. You created views to display course contents and learned how to use Django's cache framework.

In this chapter, you will create a RESTful API for your e-learning platform. An API allows you to build a common core that can be used on multiple platforms like websites, mobile applications, plugins, and so on. For example, you can create an API to be consumed by a mobile application for your e-learning platform. If you provide an API to third parties, they will be able to consume information and operate with your application programmatically. An API allows developers to automate actions on your platform and integrate your service with ...

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