drf-patternslisted

# Django REST Framework patterns DRF approximately v3.16. Supports Django 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0 and Python 3.10-3.14. Verify current version at https://pypi.org/project/djangorestframework/. Adapt advice to the version in the project's `requirements.txt`, `pyproject.toml`, or lockfile. ## When to load this skill - Project contains `djangorestframework` in `requirements.txt`, `pyproject.toml`, or `Pipfile` - `rest_framework` appears in `INSTALLED_APPS` - Files named `serializers.py`, `viewsets.py`, `permissions.py` in a Django app - User asks about DRF, serializers, viewsets, permission_classes, throttle_classes, API versioning ## When not to load this skill - Django-only projects without DRF - FastAPI or other Python API frameworks - GraphQL with graphene-django (different serialization model) ## Reference files | File | Topics | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | [serializers.md](reference/serializers.md) | Explicit fields, validate(), nested serializers, SerializerMethodField, ModelSerializer | | [viewsets-and-routers.md](reference/viewsets-and-routers.md) | ModelViewSet vs GenericViewSet + mixins, @action, DefaultRouter