Short overview of Django rest framework & api

• install requirements.txt
  pip install -r requirements.txt
• Note that mysql database is used, therefore, after configuring database, populate it with Book objects

APIs to list all books; create, update and delete objects from Book model

initialize the Book model with a serializer

contains functions based views for APIs to

• display overview of API links
• list all objects from Book
• create, update and delete objects from Book

contains Book Model

django source folder containing settings.py

Admin can create, update and delete objects from Book

• myAdminForm() module (Admin Sign Up form):
  • inherits from django's UserCreationForm
  • makes 'email' as a required field
  • overrides save() method to implement 'admin' status to User
  
  
• adminLoginForm() module (Admin Login form):
  • inherits from django's AuthenticationForm
  • sets username as EmailField

• EmailBackend() module:
  • implements authenticate() method to authenticate using 'email' instead of django's default authentication using 'username'

implements function based views for Admin - sign up, login & dashboard

Student can only see all objects from Book

implements similar features as myadmin/forms.py to a student user

• studentSignUpForm() module (Student Sign Up form):
  • inherits from django's UserCreationForm
  • makes 'email' as a required field
  • overrides save() method to implement 'admin' status to User
  
  
• studentLoginForm() module (Student Login form):
  • inherits from django's AuthenticationForm
  • sets username as EmailField

implements function based views for Student - sign up, login & dashboard