This is a RESTful API in Django Rest Framework for a vendor management system. This system will handle vendor profiles, track purchase orders, and calculate vendor performance metrics.

• Features
• Setup
• API Endpoints
  • 1. Vendor Profile Management
  • 2. Purchase Order Tracking
  • 3. Vendor Performance
• Usage
• Testing
• Contributing
• License

• Create, read, update, and delete vendor profiles.
• Create, read, update, and delete purchase orders.
• Retrieve vendor performance metrics.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/vendor-management-system.git

2. Install dependencies:

   cd vendor-management-system
   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run migrations:

   python manage.py migrate

4. Create a superuser:

   python manage.py createsuperuser

5. Run the development server:

   python manage.py runserver

6. Access the API:

   Open your browser and go to http://localhost:8000/api/ to view the browsable API.

• POST /api/vendors/

  Create a new vendor.

• GET /api/vendors/

  List all vendors.

• GET /api/vendors/{vendor_id}/

  Retrieve details of a specific vendor.

• PUT /api/vendors/{vendor_id}/

  Update a vendor's details.

• DELETE /api/vendors/{vendor_id}/

  Delete a vendor.

• POST /api/purchase_orders/

  Create a new purchase order.

• GET /api/purchase_orders/

  List all purchase orders. You can filter by vendor using query parameters.

• GET /api/purchase_orders/{po_id}/

  Retrieve details of a specific purchase order.

• PUT /api/purchase_orders/{po_id}/

  Update a purchase order.

• DELETE /api/purchase_orders/{po_id}/

  Delete a purchase order.

• POST /api/purchase_orders/{po_id}/acknowledge

  Acknowledge a purchase order.

• GET /api/vendors/{vendor_id}/performance/

  Retrieve calculated performance metrics for a specific vendor.

To use the API endpoints, you can use tools like Postman or send HTTP requests using any programming language.

Here's an example using Postman:

To run tests, use the following command:

python manage.py test