Now, we can launch Django's development server to compose and send HTTP requests. Execute any of the following two commands based on your needs to access the API in other devices or computers connected to your LAN. Remember that we analyzed the difference between them in Chapter 1, Developing RESTful APIs with Django.
python manage.py runserver python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
After we run any of the previous commands, the development server will start listening at port 8000
:
Now, we will compose and send an HTTP request to retrieve all the game categories whose name matches 3D RPG
:
http :8000/game-categories/?name=3D+RPG
The following is the equivalent curl
command:
curl -iX GET :8000/game-categories/?name=3D+RPG
The following lines show a sample response with the single game category whose name matches the specified name in the filter. The following lines only show the JSON body without the headers:
{ "count": 1, "next": null, ...