Django Book Management API

A simple RESTful API built with Django REST Framework for managing a book collection. This project demonstrates basic CRUD operations and REST API concepts.

Features

• Full CRUD functionality for books
• RESTful API endpoints
• JSON data format
• Built with Django REST Framework

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• Django 4.0+
• Django REST Framework

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Shreyescodes/django-book-api.git
cd django-book-api

2. Create and activate virtual environment

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install django djangorestframework

4. Run migrations

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

5. Start the development server

python manage.py runserver

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/books/	List all books
POST	/api/books/	Create a new book
GET	/api/books/{id}/	Retrieve a book
PUT	/api/books/{id}/	Update a book
DELETE	/api/books/{id}/	Delete a book

Usage Example

Creating a new book:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/books/ \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
        "title": "Django for Beginners",
        "author": "John Doe",
        "description": "A comprehensive guide to Django",
        "price": "29.99"
    }'

Project Structure

bookstore/
├── books/
│   ├── models.py      # Book model
│   ├── serializers.py # Book serializer
│   └── views.py       # BookViewSet
├── bookstore/
│   ├── settings.py    # Project settings
│   └── urls.py        # URL configurations
└── manage.py

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.