Django HTML Response

We are going to see how we can write api to send Json data using JsonResponse Method in django rest framework.

Django

Django is a high-level Python web framework.

It energizes fast advancement and spotless.

Django's essential objective is to facilitate the production of complex, database-driven websites.

Django is kept up by the Django Software Foundation.

Django HttpResponse

In the following example we are create dajngo project for sending api which is having JSON object response.

Prerequisite

Install Python

Install Django click for how to install Django and python.

Setup

Create Python Virtual Environment

mkvirtualenv json_response_demo

Install Django

pip install django

Create Django Project

django-admin startproject EmployeeData

Create Django App

django-admin startapp api

Register api app in django settings install apps.

# EmployeeData > EmployeeData > settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
	    'django.contrib.admin',
	    'django.contrib.auth',
	    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
	    'django.contrib.sessions',
	    'django.contrib.messages',
	    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
	    'api',
	]

Write Send Employee Data using json view

# EmployeeData > api > views.py

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse

def employee_html_view(request):
  employee_table={
    'emp-no':387001,
    'emp-name':'Bhushan Zade',
    'emp-salary': 45000,
    'emp-address': 'Nashik'
  }

response = '<h1>This is HTML response of Python Django Rest Framework </h1><h2>Employee ID : {} <br><br> Employee Name : {} <br><br> Employee Salary : {} <br><br> Employee Address : {} <br></h2>'.format(
    employee_table['emp-no'],
    employee_table['emp-name'],
    employee_table['emp-salary'],
    employee_table['emp-address'],
)

return HttpResponse(response)

Add route into urls.py file

# EmployeeData > EmployeeData > urls.py

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
from myproject1.api import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('api/', views.employee_html_view)
]

Now migrate the app and run server.

open browser to see result and add this link to opened browser i.e. http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/

Finish.

Thank You!