Instalación y configuración de DRF

Django REST Framework, or DRF, layers a clean toolkit on top of Django so you can turn your models into a JSON API fast. 🚀

You add DRF the same way you add any Python library: with pip, then pin it in requirements so teammates get the same version.

DRF only wakes up once you add rest_framework to your INSTALLED_APPS list in settings.py, right alongside your own apps.

Adding it to INSTALLED_APPS lets Django discover DRF's templates, static files, and management commands automatically.

You configure DRF through a single REST_FRAMEWORK dictionary in settings.py, keeping all of its options in one tidy place.

By default DRF can return both raw JSON and a friendly HTML view, thanks to its built-in renderers you rarely have to touch.

One reason DRF feels magical is the browsable API: open an endpoint in your browser and you get a clickable, documented page. ✨

DRF ships login views for the browsable API; you include them in your urls.py so you can sign in while testing endpoints.

A quick way to confirm DRF is wired in is to open the Django shell and import it without errors before writing any code.

Start with an almost empty config. You only add keys to REST_FRAMEWORK when you genuinely need a behavior changed, not before.

With DRF installed, registered, and its URLs included, your project is now ready to expose endpoints that speak JSON to any client.

You pip-installed DRF, added it to INSTALLED_APPS, included its auth URLs, and confirmed the import. Your API foundation is solid. 🎉