Django REST framework (DRF) is a powerful and flexible toolkit for building web APIs. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to build a CRUD API in just 15 minutes using the Django REST framework Delete is a part of it.
To build our sample to-do list application, we’ll start by setting up the Django REST framework in a Django project, followed by a complete tutorial on how to create a CRUD REST API with the Django REST framework.
Use my previous article to know about Get , Post , Put Methods
Use Previous project or Create a Django project called drinks with the following command
django-admin startproject drinks
Then, cd into the new drinks folder and create a new app for your API
python manage.py startapp core
Run your initial migrations of the built-in user model:
python manage.py migrate
Next, add rest_framework
and drinks to the INSTALLED_APPS
inside the settings.py
file:
# settings.py INSTALLED_APPS = [ 'django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'rest_framework', 'core' ]
Create a model in models.py file like
from django.db import models # Create your models here. class Drink(models.Model): name=models.CharField(max_length=200) description = models.CharField(max_length=500) def __str__(self): return self.name+" "+self.description
Then apply Commands and Create a SuperUser to Our project:
python manage.py makemigrations python manage.py migrate python manage.py createsuperuser
Model serializer
To convert the Model
object to an API-appropriate format like JSON, Django REST framework uses the ModelSerializer
class to convert any model to serialized JSON objects:
from rest_framework import serializers from .models import Drink class DrinkSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer): class Meta: model= Drink fields = '__all__'
Delete Method
The DELETE()
method fetches the to-do object if is available in the database, deletes it, and responds with a response.
Deleting Entities – The DELETE Request Handler
We typically add, add, add and then remember we want to buy some items in multiples, as gifts – until the billing section arrives. The reality check typically makes us remove a few things from the cart that we don’t really need, and reasses our logic.
A user needs to be able to remove certain items from a cart – if they add it by accident, or simply change their mind.
To remove an item from the cart, let’s implement the delete()
function, passing in the id
of the object we’d like to delete. Then, calling delete()
on the model itself, we can remove it from persistence.
Creating API Views In Django
class drink_detail(APIView): def delete(self, request, id=None): drinks = Drink.objects.filter(id=id) drinks.delete() return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
Let’s try to remove the item from our cart:
Run the Django server:
python manage.py runserver
Now, we’re ready for the first test. Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000
. Make sure you’re logged in with your superuser credentials
Since we need to pass in an actual instance, we’ll have to use the get()
function to first retrieve a resource and then update it.
$ curl -X "GET" http://127.0.0.1:8000/3
If the item is present, the function should return the following response:

Now Consider 3rd Object to delete
Run the Command to delete Or On Clicking the DELETE Button
$ curl -X "DELETE" http://127.0.0.1:8000/3
A popup will show like this

On clicking on Delete the Particular instance will be deleted and give Output as

Conclusion
Congratulations! You’ve successfully built your first fully functional CRUD Django REST API.
Building a RESTful API can be complicated, but Django REST framework handles complexity fairly well. I hope you have fun building new APIs using the Django REST framework, and be sure to leave a comment if you have any questions. Happy coding!