API development

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Jarkko Moilanen edited this page Mar 14, 2014 · 5 revisions

For API development we use http://www.django-rest-framework.org/

Django REST framework is a powerful and flexible toolkit that makes it easy to build Web APIs.

Some reasons you might want to use REST framework:

The Web browseable API is a huge usability win for your developers.
Authentication policies including OAuth1a and OAuth2 out of the box.
Serialization that supports both ORM and non-ORM data sources.
Customizable all the way down - just use regular function-based views if you don't need the more powerful features.
Extensive documentation, and great community support.
Used and trusted by large companies such as Mozilla and Eventbrite.