Django RESTful Web Services

Making HTTP GET requests that target a collection of instances

In Chapter 1, Installing the Required Software and Tools, we installed command-line and GUI tools that were going to allow us to compose and send HTTP requests to the web services we were going to build throughout this book. Now, we will use the curl utility to make HTTP GET requests, specifically, HTTP GET requests that target a collection of toys. In case curl is not included in the path, make sure you replace curl with the full path to this utility.

Make sure you leave the Django development server running. Don't close the terminal or Command Prompt that is running this development server. Open a new Terminal in Linux or macOS, or a Command Prompt in Windows, and run the following ...