Set up Djano REST Framework. Created two routes with GET and POST routes showing the intaking of body inputs.

alttextbackend/settings.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-zw-!-jq9fw0mzdzngy*6q+v&x03ija%lz2q&4!)$mth06pf$i('
+SECRET_KEY = "django-insecure-zw-!-jq9fw0mzdzngy*6q+v&x03ija%lz2q&4!)$mth06pf$i("
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
@@ -31,52 +31,53 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
-    'django.contrib.admin',
-    'django.contrib.auth',
-    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-    'django.contrib.sessions',
-    'django.contrib.messages',
-    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    "django.contrib.admin",
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "rest_framework",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
-    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
 ]
 
-ROOT_URLCONF = 'alttextbackend.urls'
+ROOT_URLCONF = "alttextbackend.urls"
 
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
-        'APP_DIRS': True,
-        'OPTIONS': {
-            'context_processors': [
-                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
-                'django.template.context_processors.request',
-                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
-                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
+        "DIRS": [],
+        "APP_DIRS": True,
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "context_processors": [
+                "django.template.context_processors.debug",
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
+                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
+                "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
             ],
         },
     },
 ]
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'alttextbackend.wsgi.application'
+WSGI_APPLICATION = "alttextbackend.wsgi.application"
 
 
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+    "default": {
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
     }
 }
 
@@ -86,16 +87,16 @@ DATABASES = {
 
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator",
     },
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator",
     },
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator",
     },
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator",
     },
 ]
 
@@ -103,9 +104,9 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/topics/i18n/
 
-LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
 
-TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
@@ -115,9 +116,9 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/static-files/
 
-STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATIC_URL = "static/"
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
-DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"

alttextbackend/urls.py

@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ Including another URLconf
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import path
+from django.urls import path, include
+from .views import BooksView, ImagesView
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+    path("api-auth/", include("rest_framework.urls")),
+    path("api/books", BooksView.as_view()),
+    path("api/images", ImagesView.as_view()),
 ]

alttextbackend/views.py

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework import status
+from rest_framework import permissions
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+
+class BookSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    bookdata = serializers.CharField()
+
+
+class ImageSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    imagedata = serializers.CharField()
+    beforeContext = serializers.CharField(required=False)
+    afterContext = serializers.CharField(required=False)
+
+
+class BooksView(APIView):
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        data = {"books": "this is a book"}
+        return Response(data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        serializer = BookSerializer(data=request.data)
+        if serializer.is_valid():
+            validated_data = serializer.validated_data
+            return Response(
+                {"book": validated_data.get("bookdata")},
+                status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
+            )
+        else:
+            return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+
+class ImagesView(APIView):
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        data = {"images": "this is an image"}
+        return Response(data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        serializer = ImageSerializer(data=request.data)
+        if serializer.is_valid():
+            validated_data = serializer.validated_data
+            res = {"book": validated_data.get("imagedata")}
+            if validated_data.get("beforeContext"):
+                res["beforeContext"] = validated_data.get("beforeContext")
+            if validated_data.get("afterContext"):
+                res["afterContext"] = validated_data.get("afterContext")
+            return Response(
+                res,
+                status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
+            )
+        else:
+            return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)

installdependencies.sh

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 py -m pip install django
+py -m pip install django_rest_framework