Django REST API Template

This is a Django project that can be easily extended to meet your needs. It uses Docker and PostgreSQL for easy development and deployment.

Features

• Dockerized development and deployment
• PostgreSQL database
• Swagger and Redoc documentation
• Silky for API performance monitoring
• Unit tests
• Modular organization

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Docker Compose

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your computer
2. Navigate to the project directory
3. Copy the .env.example file to .env and fill in the environment variables
4. Start the server with the command make

Organization

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│── backend (main folder)
│   │── models (database models)
│   │── views (views for the API)
│   │── serializers (serializers for the API)
│   │── services (modular service functions)
│   │── repositories (database queries)
│   │── tests (unit tests)
│   └── urls.py (API routes)
└── Makefile (make commands)

Usage

Redoc

The API is documented with Redoc. You can access the Redoc UI at http://0.0.0.0:8000/redoc/.

Swagger

The API is documented with Swagger. You can access the Swagger UI at http://0.0.0.0:8000/swagger/.

Silky

Silky is used to monitor API performance. You can access the Silky UI at http://0.0.0.0:8000/silk/.

Unit tests

You can run the unit tests with the command make test.