# Django REST - Typed
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This project extends [Django REST Framework](https://www.django-rest-framework.org/) to allow use of Python's type hints for automatically validating view parameters, as well as supporting typed attributes and annotation-generated fields on serializers.
Deriving automatic behavior from type annotations has become increasingly popular with the [FastAPI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/) and [Django Ninja](https://django-ninja.rest-framework.com/) frameworks. The goal of this project is to provide these benefits to the DRF ecosystem.
Main benefits:
- View inputs can be individually declared, not buried inside all-encompassing `request` objects.
- Type annotations can replace repetitive view validation/sanitization code.
- Simple serializers can have their fields auto-generated from annotations
- Validated serializer data can be accessed from attributes, with their types known to the IDE
- [Pydantic](https://pydantic-docs.helpmanual.io/) models are compatible types for view parameters. Annotate your POST/PUT functions with them to automatically validate incoming request bodies.
**Documentation**: <a href="https://rsinger86.github.io/drf-typed/" target="_blank">https://rsinger86.github.io/drf-typed</a>
**Source Code**: <a href="https://github.com/rsinger86/drf-typed/" target="_blank">https://github.com/rsinger86/drf-typed</a>
## Views Example
```python
from rest_typed.views import typed_api_view
"""
GET /users/registered/?registered_on=2019-03-03&staff=yes
"""
@typed_api_view(["GET"])
def get_users(registered_on: date = None, staff: bool = None):
print(registered_on, is_staff)
# date(2019, 3, 3) True
data = query_orm(registered_on, is_staff)
return Response(data)
```
## Serializers Example
```python
from datetime import date
from rest_typed.serializers import TSerializer
class MovieSerializer(TSerializer):
title: str # same as: CharField(required=True, allow_null=False)
release_date: date # same as: DateField(required=True, allow_null=False)
description = None # same as: DateField(default=None)
movie = MovieSerializer(data={
"title": "The Last Duel",
"release_date": "2021-10-15",
})
movie.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
print(movie.validated_data)
"""
{
"title": "The Last Duel",
"release_date": date(2021, 10, 15),
"description": None
}
"""
# Or access attributes directly:
print(movie.title) # The Last Duel
print(movie.release_date) # date(2021, 10, 15)
```
The IDE can help you understand types and auto-complete attributes:


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# Install
Install using:
```
pip install drf-typed
```
Python 3.8 or higher is required.
# Changelog
## 0.3.0 (March 2023)
- Adds support for nested serializers from type annotations.
## 0.2.0 (January 2022)
- Fixes setup.py for finding packages
## 0.1.3 (October 2021)
- Fixes setup.py for finding packages
## 0.1.1 (October 2021)
- Docs improvements
- Updates setup.py to include stubs package
## 0.1.0 (October 2021)
- First release
# Testing
Tests are found in a simplified Django project in the `/tests` folder. Install the project requirements and do `./manage.py test` to run them.
# License
See [License](LICENSE.md).