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Python Django REST Framework RESTful Django POSTing to an APIView

Gilang Ilhami
Gilang Ilhami
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Posted by Gilang Ilhami
Gilang Ilhami
12,045 Points

Django rest framework browsable api post form not showing

I am currently following along with the tutorial of the video and running it in my local machine. However, when I try to add more a data in the database, the field to post the data did not appeared. I tried to look it up in Google but not luck so far.

I am currently using Django 2.1 and DRF 3.8. Anybody have ideas about this?

Thank you.

Ian Salmon
Ian Salmon
Courses Plus Student 10,687 Points
Ian Salmon
Ian Salmon
Courses Plus Student 10,687 Points

I had restart my server. Unfortunately, I didn't try that until AFTER I had done some research on the subject. Nothing has changed in recent DRF versions to create this issue. If anyone else is having an issue it is most likely an error in code transcribing.

2 Answers

collins muru
collins muru
5,603 Points
collins muru
collins muru
5,603 Points

For anyone having this issue, ensure that you are authenticated on the browsable API.

Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 Points
Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 Points

Hi Gilang,

When you browse to the page /api/v1/courses/ do you see your username at the top-right of the screen or do you see Log in?

If you see Log in, try logging in and seeing if that helps.

Otherwise, if you can see your username but you don't see a field for POSTing, then you might have a typo somewhere in your code.

Are you getting any error messages from the Django console? If so, please post them. Also, please post your code, at least your views.py and settings.py.

Cheers,

Alex