Request

Djapy simplifies the process of handling request data and query parameters in your API. Here's how easily you can do it.

Data Input

You can use Schema, Form or TypedDict to define the request data schema. Schema is recommended, but feel free to play around.

• Schema only accepts JSON data, with the Content-Type: application/json header.
• Form only accepts form data, with the Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded header.
• TypedDict only accepts JSON data, with the Content-Type: application/json header.

Warning

TypedDict is supported in Python 3.6 and later.

from typing_extensions import TypedDict

Schema

Schema helps you to define the request data schema. It's a subclass of pydantic.BaseModel that adds some extra functionality.

# schemas.py
from djapy import Schema


class CreateUserSchema(Schema):
    username: str
    email: EmailStr


# views.py
@djapify(allowed_method=['POST'])
def create_user(request, data: CreateUserSchema) -> {...}:
    user = User.objects.create_user(username=data.username, password=data.password)
    return user

• The schema is used to validate the request data before it's passed to the view function.
• If the data is invalid, a pydantic error will be raised and returned as a response.

HTTP Request:

POST /create-user/ HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "username": "bishwas",
  "email": "[email protected]"
}

Query Parameters

You can also accept query parameters in your view function:

@djapify
def get_user(request, username: str) -> {200: UserSchema, 404: str}:
    user = User.objects.get(username=username)
    return user

HTTP Request:

GET /get-user/?username=bishwas HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json

Allowed query parameter types

These are the list of allowed query parameter types [basic parameters]:

• str or Optional[str] or Literal["value1", "value2"]
• int or Optional[int] or Literal[1, 2, 3]
• float or Optional[float]
• bool
• datetime
• constr() or conint() or confloat() or condecimal()
• Iterable types: list, tuple, set; list[int], tuple[str], etc.

If anything other than these types are used, it will be considered as a data (payload) input.

Like: Schema or TypedDict;

Invalid request error response

{
  "error": [
    {
      "type": "missing",
      "loc": [
        "username"
      ],
      "msg": "Field required",
      "input": {
        "my_id": "1",
        "id": "1"
      },
      "url": "https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.6/v/missing"
    },
    {
      "type": "missing",
      "loc": [
        "email"
      ],
      "msg": "Field required",
      "input": {
        "my_id": "1",
        "id": "1"
      },
      "url": "https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.6/v/missing"
    }
  ],
  "error_count": 2,
  "title": "CreateUserSchema"
}

How-to

How to use basic parameters as data input?

You can use basic parameters as data input by using a payload function:

from djapy.schema import payload


@djapify(allowed_method=['POST'])
def check_site_exists(request, url: payload(HttpUrl), check_all_pages: payload(bool) = False) -> bool:
    if does_site_exist(url, check_all_pages):
        return True
    else:
        return False

HTTP Request:

POST /check-site-exists/ HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "url": "https://www.google.com",
  "check_all_pages": true
}

Now, you can use the url and check_all_pages as data input. The url will be validated as a HttpUrl and check_all_pages will be validated as a bool.

How to use constr() as data input?

You can use constr() to validate a string, according to the constraints provided. Visit Pydantic's constr for more information.

from pydantic import constr


@djapify
def search_game_by_name(request, name: constr(min_length=3, max_length=50)) -> {200: GameSchema, 404: str}:
    game = Game.objects.get(name__icontains=name)
    return game

• We set the minimum length of the name to 3 and the maximum length to 50. Validation will be done accordingly.

The similar goes for conint(), confloat(), or any other con* Constraints.

If in schema:

class GameSchema(Schema):
    name: constr(min_length=3, max_length=50)