Django REST Framework Starter Template

This is a template for DRF with Custom User Model for quickly starting a DRF Project

This template includes BaseModel, DynamicFieldsModelSerializer, Custom User Model and logging capabilities.

Project Structure

drf-starter-template.
|   manage.py
|   README.md
|   requirements.txt
|
+---core
|   |   admin.py
|   |   apps.py
|   |   managers.py
|   |   models.py
|   |   serializers.py
|   |   tests.py
|   |   views.py
|   |   __init__.py
|   |
|   \---migrations
|           __init__.py
|
+---logs
|       project_name.log
|
+---project_name
|   |   .env.example
|   |   asgi.py
|   |   settings.py
|   |   urls.py
|   |   wsgi.py
|   |   __init__.py
|
\---users
    |   admin.py
    |   apps.py
    |   models.py
    |   serializers.py
    |   tests.py
    |   views.py
    |   __init__.py
    |
    \---migrations
            __init__.py

Dependencies

Django

Obviously ;)

djangorestframework

DRF

django-cors-headers

For CORS Headers

django-environ

To use environment variables from .env file

django-extensions

To access Advanced Django Shell

django-filter

For multiple complex filters

django-model-utils

For Base Model

djoser

For Token Authentication

drf-yasg

Swagger Generator

Setup

Setup .env in your project settings.

.env.example is provided for reference

Start Django Project using template argument

django-admin startproject <my_project> --template https://github.com/wh0th3h3llam1/drf-starter-template.git

Makemigrations

python manage.py makemigrations

Note: Default Database is SQLite3. It can be configured in .env

Migrate

python manage.py migrate