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Serializers Prefetch in View
In Django / DRF, we can provide Prefetch, but is it the role of the serializer to have "good" datas. For example I have this basic code:
from rest_framework import generics, serializers
from ...
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How to properly store image dimensions in Django
I have the following model:
from django_resized import ResizedImageField
class PostImage(models.Model):
image = ResizedImageField(
size=[1200, 1200],
quality=85,
upload_to=...
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Handling user registration and subsequent profile creation
I have a custom User model with a role field and respective [Role]Profile models:
class User(AbstractUser):
role = models.CharField()
# Other fields
class TeacherProfile(models.Model):
# ...
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Cannot Read Data from Nested Serializer in Django REST Framework
models.py
class Post(models.Model):
content = models.TextField()
created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
suspended = models.BooleanField(default=False)
user = models.ForeignKey(User, ...
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Django DRF Network Based
I have three networks; A, B, and C.
A will contain all fields and will be the single source of truth. B will contain a couple of fields from A, and C will contain much less than A and B. A is the ...
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Is django backend a good choice to learn now?
I have some experience with Python, and I’m interested in backend development.
Is Django still a good choice to learn in the current job market?
I’m particularly interested in its relevance for modern ...
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DRF unable to find existing model item in API
I am creating an API with Django Rest Framework and I keep encoutering an issue where i am unable to pull a single item from my django model on the browser.
I have two endpoints one that gets the ...
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How to migrate data for email field
So i have a char field which i was using to store emails. Now there are some rule/validation and processes for email fields like email validation and email normalization etc. I have to add the ...
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Django archive user if clicked for detail page view an error appears
I have this user model and in admin.py which of course is used by my client as admin page view and recently my client requested that the user/s who has been archived should not show in the active list ...
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Using django-storages S3 implementation for Minio with s3v4 signature
I have "successfully" set up django-storages to work with our self hosted Minio instance.
This is the settings for the setup:
STORAGES = {
"default": {
"BACKEND&...
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Does a ModelSerializer catch "django.core.exceptions.ValidationError"s and turn them to an HTTP response with a 400 status code?
Let's say this is my model:
from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
class MyModel(models.Model):
value = models.CharField(max_length=255)
def clean(self):
if self.value == &...
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How do I paginate a part of response
class Party(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(
"user.User", on_delete=models.PROTECT, related_name="party"
)
name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
...
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Django DRF JWT Authentication credentials were not provided on UpdateAPIView even for is_staff user
I'm implementing JWT authentication using Django REST Framework and djangorestframework-simplejwt in my project.
I have an endpoint for updating a category.
What I tried
Verified that the JWT token ...
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Why does Django Http404 return a JSON payload while all other Http error responses don't?
Django's http response.py library provides an Http404 class that can be used to raise a "not found" exception which returns a 404 along with the following JSON payload: {"detail":&...
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Django Admin: User without permissions can still see a model (UserIncomeSupportDocument) — how to hide it?
I have a Django Admin setup where a Marketing user should only be allowed to view Clients and Therapists.
However, even after removing all permissions related to UserIncomeSupportDocument, the ...
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Failed import for drf_nested_routers
This import in urls.py...
from drf_nested_routers import DefaultRouter as NestedDefaultRouter
...gives me an error:
Import "drf_nested_routers" could not be resolved
However, ...
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DocuSign Sandbox: “ENVELOPE_ALLOWANCE_EXCEEDED” After 114 Envelopes and Trial Account Cannot Create Integration Key [closed]
I am working with a DocuSign sandbox (developer) environment to integrate embedded signing and webhook functionality into a Django REST Framework application. Initially, I was able to send envelopes ...
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How should I structure a Django backend with a Vue 3 frontend for a news application?
I’m building a small “newsroom” application where Django handles the backend (API, authentication, admin) and Vue 3 handles the frontend UI. I’m still fairly new to combining Django with a modern ...
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Python Django Rest Framework [closed]
What is the difference between decorator @api_view and @csrf_exempt in project level django rest framework? I need the difference and which is better to develop the project.
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Django REST project doesn’t detect apps inside the “apps” directory when running makemigrations
I have a Django REST project where I created a directory called apps to store all my apps.
Each app is added to the INSTALLED_APPS list in my settings file like this:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django....
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403 Forbidden: "CSRF Failed: CSRF token missing." on DRF api-token-auth/ after applying csrf_exempt
I'm encountering a persistent 403 Forbidden error with the detail:
CSRF Failed: CSRF token missing.
This happens when trying to obtain an authentication token using Django REST Framework's built-in ...
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Django Rest Framework ListAPIView user permissions - Cant seem to get them working
I have a Django project with DjangoRestFramework. I have a simple view, Facility, which is a ListAPIView. Permissions were generated for add, change, delete and view.
I have create a new user, and ...
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Create question with options from same endpoint
I am making a back-end system using DRF in Django. This is my first project in Django and DRF. I am using Django purely as a REST back-end
I am making a quiz/mcq application
This is from my questions ...
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can I use get_or_create() in django to assign a global variable?
I am an intern at a company and we are using django as framework.
I was working on a two part register system in which an admin performs the initial registration after which a link is sent to the user ...
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Django Generics custom querying
I was working on notion like app, so I have a Note (consider as a page in notion), and in that, I have blocks, where each block has a different id and held with note in foreign field so now in views ...
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Django Testing in microservices with more than 1 db running
I would like to ask about a certain topic that is tough one. Im working in a project that has microservices architecture with more than 1 databases running every time. in django, how can I perform ...
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My django API “next” link uses a stale hostname only when receiving requests from GKE services (Like Cloud Run)
What are the details of your problem?
I have a application in Django that is deployed using GKE. It uses an ingress to deploy it...
Those manifests.yml that are used for deploying applications on ...
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POST requests from Cloud Run arriving as GET requests in my Django REST API
I have a serverless pipeline on Google Cloud. It consists of three total steps:
A video uploader that sends videos to Google Cloud Storage. Working fine.
An eventarc + pub/sub trigger that fires ...
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Django timestamp__date filtering works locally but returns extra rows in production?
I have a Django API that returns self signedup users in a given date range. The AuditLog model stores timestamp with DateTimeField(default=timezone.now) and USE_TZ=True.
Locally, the date filter works ...
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StreamingHttpResponse being buffered when using uvicorn/gunicorn/daphne in Django
I have a very simple view that Streams a repsonse. When using python manage.py runserverthe stream works as expected. But, when we use uvicorn app.asgi:application or daphne app.asgi:application or ...
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How to use DRF serializer fields as django-filter filter fields?
I’m working with Django REST Framework and django-filter to implement API filtering.
I created custom serializer fields (for example, a JalaliDateField that converts between Jalali and Gregorian dates,...
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dj-rest-auth + allauth not sending email
Context: I'm setting DRF + dj-rest-auth + allauth + simple-jwt for user authentication.
Desired behaviour: Register with no username, only email. Authorize login only if email is verified with a link ...
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Using Django jwt tokens with Nextjs with cookies
My backend has an endpoint: /auth/jwt/create that returns a JSON response containing the access and refresh tokens. With my current backend setup, I send the tokens in both the response body and in ...
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How to secure a refresh token in a JWT system when it's sent as an httpOnly cookie
In my React + Django project, I’m currently sending the refresh token as an HttpOnly cookie. The problem with HttpOnly cookies is that they are automatically sent by the browser, which makes them ...
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Django REST Framework: "No default throttle rate set for 'signup' scope" even though scope is defined
I’m trying to apply custom throttling for the signup endpoint in my Django REST Framework API. The goal is to allow only 5 signup attempts per hour for anonymous users. I created a SignupRateThrottle ...
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Django REST framework gives me csrf token missing when i am logged in for POST requests
i am making an API with django rest framework and django 5.2
when i send a POST request, if i be logged in it gives me an CSRF token missing error.
but if i be logged out it gives me response with no ...
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Managing Django groups and permissions for custom users
For my Django projects, I am used to creating a custom user model and managing what my user can do for a specific route using a roles field like this:
class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
...
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Django REST API endpoints URL paths
I have a Django 4.2 app with Postgres DB and REST API. My urls.py contains this path in urlpatterns:
path('create/<int:pk>/<str:name>/', ComponentCreate.as_view(), name='create-component')
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How to handle customer.subscription.created if a organization(tenant) doesn’t exist yet in Stripe webhook?
I'm using Django and Stripe for a multi-tenant SaaS. I register users and organizations manually from a view, and I create the customer and subscription using Stripe API before saving to the database.
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unit testing in DRF, Error mock.patch transaction.atomic with unittest.mock.patch
@transaction.atomic
def deposit(user: User, account_number: str, amount: float) -> None:
account = get_object_or_404(
Account.objects.select_for_update(), account_number=account_number, ...
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React and Django DRF [closed]
The backend works, when i test it with an http file. and directly at the endpoint.
POST http://localhost:8000/api/products/ HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer ...
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Refresh token being passed in response body in registration but not login in Django
I am using the Django REST Framework with dj-rest-auth and django-allauth for authentication and authorisation with JWTs. From what I have heard, using HTTP-only cookies to store the tokens is a ...
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Django Rest viewsets.ModelViewSet form view dynamic update choices list field from other field change
file models.py
ANIMATIONS_ACTIONS = (
('0', _('Stop animations')),
('1', _('Start animations')),
('2', _('Restart animations')),
('3', _('Suspend animations')),
('4', _('Unload ...
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Django REST Framework `pagination_class` on ViewSet is ignored
Describe the Problem
I have a ModelViewSet in Django REST Framework designed to return a list of Order objects. To improve performance, I'm trying to implement custom pagination that limits the ...
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how DRF undestand which field in serialazer.py is related to which model field?
imagine i have a super simple serializer.py file :
and i just want to use it ! nothing special ..
so im going to write something like this (with a model class called "Product") & its ...
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source is not working for deserializing POST data in django rest framework
The following example doesn't work as expected, and returns a validation error. Why is that?
from rest_framework import serializers
class TestSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
from_field = ...
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need to combine an enum and a timesstamp in DRF
Django Admin: How to combine archived_at and archive_status into one archival source?
I’m building a feature to archive users via Django Admin. Currently, I’m using both a DateTimeField (archived_at) ...
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DRF I need object/instance-level premissions granted but view/model-level permissions denied
I have a rather simple backend and API with two user types, User and Admin. I have created groups and permissions in Django. The Admin should CRUD everything and the User should only view and edit ...
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How to use CustomUser with dj_rest_auth to sign up with email and password
How to use CustomUser with dj_rest_auth to register with email and password.
I have the source code below, but the username information is required during the sign-up process.
I would like to know how ...
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Slug is not created correctly due to using django parler
I have a problem creating a slug based on the title and pk, due to the use of parler.
I'm using Parler for multilinguality in my API, and when I try to create a slug like
title-pk I'm getting various ...
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