Django Rest Framework Crash Course 2025

Learn how to build and deploy a powerful REST API with Django REST Framework! This step-by-step tutorial covers everything from setting up DRF to deploying your API to production.

🔥 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Setting up Django REST Framework
✅ Creating API endpoints
✅ Handling authentication & permissions
✅ Deploying your API to production

By the end of this video, you’ll have a fully functional, deployed REST API ready for real-world use!

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Source Code: github.com/CodeWithClinton/yt_devfolio_api

📌 Video Chapters:

⏱ 00:00:00 - Introduction
⏱ 00:00:58 - Setting Up a Virtual Environment & Initializing Django Project
⏱ 00:08:52 - Implementing a Custom User Model
⏱ 00:21:55 - User Registration Endpoint Development
⏱ 00:37:04 - Testing User Registration with Postman
⏱ 00:42:18 - Implementing JWT Authentication
⏱ 00:46:16 - Validating JWT Authentication in Postman
⏱ 00:49:46 - Defining the Blog Model & Serializers
⏱ 01:15:39 - Developing Blog API Views in views.py
⏱ 01:23:49 - Extending JWT Access Token Expiry
⏱ 01:26:03 - Testing Blog Creation Endpoint in Postman
⏱ 01:36:44 - Implementing Blog Listing Functionality
⏱ 01:40:58 - Enabling Blog Updates via API
⏱ 01:46:19 - Testing Blog Update Endpoint in Postman
⏱ 01:54:54 - Implementing Blog Deletion Feature
⏱ 01:59:48 - Testing Blog Deletion in Postman
⏱ 02:02:58 - Updating User Profiles via API
⏱ 02:17:06 - Deploying the Django REST API to Production
⏱ 02:31:06 - Conclus