Class Based View

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Class Based View

• Class that creates View functions

• There are differences & advantages compared to function-based-view!

  • HTTP methods like GET, POST requests can be expressed as individual methods rather than conditional branching

    HTTP methods have 1:1 correspondence with class methods, so readability is good

• Excellent extensibility

  • Can maximize extensibility by utilizing Mixin modules

    • Mixin: Module for adding additional functionality or information to classes

• Can maintain code intuitiveness even with complex logic

Function generic view vs class based generic view

Function generic view

ex)

def index(request):
    articles = Article.objects.all()
    return render(request, 'articles/index.html', {'articles': articles})

class based generic view

ex)

views.py

from django.views.generic import ListView, DetailView

class ArticleListView(ListView):
    model = Article
    # template_name = 'articles/model_name_list.html' -> Automatically finds this way
    # context_object_name = 'object_list'

class ArticleDetailView(DetailView):
    model = Article

urls.py

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
from articles import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('articles/', views.ArticleListView.as_view()),
    path('articles/<int:pk>',views.ArticleDetailView.as_view()),
]

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Django REST API Auth

https://django-rest-auth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html