🚀 Django REST Framework – Course API

A simple and clean Course Management API built with Django REST Framework using GenericAPIView + Mixins.

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🔹 Features

• Full CRUD for courses (List, Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete)
• Custom filtering using query parameters
• Serializer field validation
• Custom "Deactivate" endpoint for soft deletion
• Versioned routes (/api/v1/courses/)

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🧠 Tech Stack

• Python 3.12
• Django 5
• Django REST Framework (DRF)

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/mopy7/course-management-api.git
   cd course-management-api

2. Create and activate a virtual environment

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run migrations

   python manage.py makemigrations
   python manage.py migrate

5. Start the development server

   python manage.py runserver

6. Open in browser or Postman

   http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/courses/
   

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📡 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/v1/courses/	List all courses
POST	/api/v1/courses/	Create a new course
GET	/api/v1/courses/<id>/	Retrieve a course
PUT / PATCH	/api/v1/courses/<id>/	Update a course
DELETE	/api/v1/courses/<id>/	Delete a course
POST	/api/v1/courses/<id>/deactivate/	Deactivate (soft delete) a course

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🧑‍💻 Author

Mopy
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