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Python

Posted by Jassim Alhatem
Jassim Alhatem
20,883 Points

Django REST Framework

Is there a way to override django's REST framework default interface? I've been trying for a minute and I still can't figure it out.

Jassim Alhatem
Jassim Alhatem
20,883 Points

Thank you so much, Chris.

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,458 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,458 Points

Let me know if this was a sufficient answer, I can change comment to answer.

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Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,458 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,458 Points

After several hot minutes, I found default templates located in the directory <your_venv_dir>/lib/<your_python_version>/site-packages/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework.

Then, on this page, it discusses how to include your own templates to override the built-in ones. I suspect you'd need to put your versions in a project directory then add your templates directory to the settings.py file. IIRC, your templates directory structure should mirror the call path. For exaxple, your base.html would be placed in: <your_proj_temple_dir>/rest_framework/base.html

It might be as simple as creating your own base.html file to change the look and feel.

Good luck!!