Django REST Framework Backend Development Standards
Trigger Conditions
- Develop Django projects
- Implement REST APIs
- Use DRF ViewSets and Serializers
- Implement JWT authentication
- Implement permission control
Part 1: Technology Stack
| Layer |
Selection |
Description |
| Runtime Environment |
Python 3.11+ |
Type Annotation Enhancement |
| Web Framework |
Django 4.2+ |
Full-stack framework, built-in ORM |
| REST API |
Django REST Framework (DRF) |
ViewSet, Serializer, Authentication |
| Database |
MySQL 8.x (mysqlclient) |
InnoDB Engine |
| Cache |
Redis 7.x (django-redis) |
Distributed Cache |
| Authentication |
PyJWT + DRF Authentication |
Token issuance/verification |
| API Documentation |
drf-spectacular |
OpenAPI 3.0 auto-generation |
Part 2: Directory Structure
project/
├── apps/ # 应用模块
│ ├── system/ # 系统管理(Django App)
│ │ ├── users/ # 用户管理(models, serializers, views, urls, filters)
│ │ ├── roles/ # 角色管理
│ │ ├── menus/ # 菜单管理
│ │ ├── dept/ # 部门管理
│ │ ├── dicts/ # 字典管理
│ │ ├── configs/ # 系统配置
│ │ ├── notices/ # 通知公告
│ │ ├── logs/ # 日志管理
│ │ └── utils/ # decorators, exception_handler, rate_limit
│ ├── auth/ # 认证模块
│ │ ├── views.py, serializers.py, urls.py
│ │ ├── utils/ # jwt_authentication, redis_token_authentication
│ │ └── models/ # user_session, user_social
│ ├── codegen/ # 代码生成器(models, views, urls, templates/)
│ ├── file/ # 文件管理
│ └── message/ # 消息模块(SSE)
├── core/ # 公共模块
│ ├── response.py # 统一响应 + 分页
│ ├── viewsets.py # ViewSet 基类
│ ├── serializers.py # Serializer 基类
│ ├── exceptions/ # BusinessException + 全局处理器
│ ├── permissions/ # 接口权限 + 数据权限
│ └── middleware/ # rate_limit, request_context
├── config/ # 项目配置
│ ├── settings/{base,dev,prod}.py
│ ├── urls.py # 根路由
│ └── env.py
├── sql/mysql/youlai_admin_django.sql
├── manage.py
└── requirements.txt
Design Principles:
core/ is shared public infrastructure, used by all Apps, and does not depend on business Apps
apps/ In each App, submodules are divided by entity (user/role/menu), and each submodule contains models/serializers/views/urls/filters
- ViewSet + Serializer is the standard pattern; complex business logic is extracted to
services.py
Part 3: Naming Conventions
3.1 File Naming
| Type |
Convention |
Example |
| Module Directory |
lowercase plural |
users/, roles/, menus/ |
| Model |
models.py |
apps/system/users/models.py |
| Serializer |
serializers.py |
Same as above |
| View |
views.py |
Same as above |
| Route |
urls.py |
Same as above |
| Filter |
filters.py |
Same as above |
3.2 Class Naming
| Type |
Convention |
Example |
| Model |
PascalCase, Sys prefix |
SysUser, SysRole, SysMenu |
| Serializer |
Feature + Serializer |
UserSerializer, UserFormSerializer |
| ViewSet |
Feature + ViewSet |
UserViewSet |
| Filter |
Feature + Filter |
UserFilter |
3.3 Method Naming
| Action |
DRF built-in methods |
Custom action |
| Query list |
list() |
page() |
| Query detail |
retrieve() |
— |
| Create |
create() |
— |
| Update |
update() |
— |
| Delete |
destroy() |
— |
| Batch delete |
— |
batch() |
| Dropdown options |
— |
options() |
3.4 Variable Naming
| Type |
Convention |
Example |
| Variable |
snake_case |
user_list |
| Constant |
UPPER_SNAKE_CASE |
MAX_PAGE_SIZE |
| Private method |
_ prefix |
_parse_date() |
| Boolean value |
is_/has_ prefix |
is_deleted, has_permission |
Part 4: RESTful API Standards
4.1 Standard CRUD Paths
| Operation |
Method |
Path |
| Paginated list |
GET |
/api/v1/users/page/ |
| Detail |
GET |
/api/v1/users/{id}/ |
| Create |
POST |
/api/v1/users/ |
| Update |
PUT |
/api/v1/users/{id}/ |
| Delete |
DELETE |
/api/v1/users/{id}/ |
| Batch delete |
DELETE |
/api/v1/users/batch/ |
| Dropdown options |
GET |
/api/v1/users/options/ |
4.2 ViewSet Template
@extend_schema(tags=["用户管理"])
class UserViewSet(ModelViewSet):
queryset = SysUser.objects.all()
serializer_class = UserSerializer
filterset_class = UserFilter
permission_classes = [HasPermission]
@extend_schema(summary="用户分页列表")
@action(detail=False, methods=["get"])
def page(self, request):
queryset = self.filter_queryset(self.get_queryset())
page = self.paginate_queryset(queryset)
return page_result(self.get_serializer(page, many=True).data, self.paginator.count)
@extend_schema(summary="新增用户")
def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
serializer = UserFormSerializer(data=request.data)
serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
user = serializer.save()
return success_result({"id": user.id})
@extend_schema(summary="更新用户")
def update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
instance = self.get_object()
serializer = UserFormSerializer(instance, data=request.data)
serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
serializer.save()
return success_result()
@extend_schema(summary="删除用户")
def destroy(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
self.get_object().delete()
return success_result()
Part 5: Response Format and Exception Handling
5.1 Unified Response
def success_result(data=None, msg="操作成功"):
return Response({"code": 200, "msg": msg, "data": data})
def page_result(list_data, total, msg="操作成功"):
return Response({"code": 200, "msg": msg, "data": {"list": list_data, "total": total}})
def error_result(code=400, msg="操作失败", data=None):
return Response({"code": code, "msg": msg, "data": data})
5.2 Business Exceptions
from rest_framework.exceptions import APIException
class BusinessException(APIException):
status_code = 200 # 统一 200,业务码在 body 中
default_detail = "业务异常"
default_code = 400
def __init__(self, detail=None, code=400):
self.detail = detail or self.default_detail
self.code = code
5.3 Global Exception Handling
class GlobalExceptionHandler:
def __call__(self, exc, context):
if isinstance(exc, BusinessException):
return error_result(code=exc.code, msg=str(exc.detail))
if isinstance(exc, APIException):
return error_result(code=exc.status_code, msg=str(exc.detail))
return error_result(code=500, msg="系统异常")
Part 6: Model Standards
class BaseModel(models.Model):
id = models.BigAutoField(primary_key=True)
create_time = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, verbose_name="创建时间")
update_time = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, verbose_name="更新时间")
is_deleted = models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name="是否删除")
class Meta:
abstract = True
def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""逻辑删除。"""
self.is_deleted = True
self.save()
class SysUser(BaseModel):
username = models.CharField(max_length=50, unique=True, verbose_name="用户名")
password = models.CharField(max_length=100, verbose_name="密码")
nickname = models.CharField(max_length=50, verbose_name="昵称")
mobile = models.CharField(max_length=20, blank=True, verbose_name="手机号")
status = models.SmallIntegerField(default=1, verbose_name="状态")
dept = models.ForeignKey("SysDept", on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True, verbose_name="部门")
class Meta:
db_table = "sys_user"
Part 7: Serializer Standards
class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
"""用户 VO 序列化器。"""
class Meta:
model = SysUser
fields = ["id", "username", "nickname", "mobile", "email", "status", "create_time"]
class UserFormSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
"""用户表单序列化器。"""
class Meta:
model = SysUser
fields = ["id", "username", "password", "nickname", "mobile", "email", "status", "dept"]
def validate_username(self, value):
if SysUser.objects.filter(username=value, is_deleted=False).exclude(
id=self.instance.id if self.instance else None).exists():
raise serializers.ValidationError("用户名已存在")
return value
def create(self, validated_data):
validated_data["password"] = bcrypt.hashpw(validated_data["password"])
return super().create(validated_data)
Part 8: Authentication Standards
8.1 JWT Authentication
class JWTAuthentication(BaseAuthentication):
def authenticate(self, request):
token = request.META.get("HTTP_AUTHORIZATION", "").replace("Bearer ", "")
if not token:
return None
try:
payload = jwt.decode(token, settings.JWT_SECRET, algorithms=["HS256"])
except jwt.ExpiredSignatureError:
raise AuthenticationFailed("Token 已过期")
except jwt.InvalidTokenError:
raise AuthenticationFailed("无效 Token")
user = SysUser.objects.get(id=payload["sub"], is_deleted=False)
return (user, token)
8.2 Permission Classes
class HasPermission(BasePermission):
def has_permission(self, request, view):
required = getattr(view, "required_permissions", [])
if not required:
return True
return any(p in request.user.permissions for p in required)
Part 9: Comment Standards
- docstring first: All public classes and methods must have docstrings
- Chinese first: Keep proper nouns in English, explain in Chinese
class UserViewSet(ModelViewSet):
"""用户管理 ViewSet。
提供用户分页查询、增删改查、下拉选项等接口。
所有接口(除 options 外)需认证。
"""
@action(detail=False, methods=["get"])
def page(self, request):
"""用户分页列表。
Args:
request: DRF Request 对象,Query 参数含 pageNum/pageSize/keywords/status。
Returns:
Response: {"code": 200, "data": {"list": [...], "total": int}}
"""
...
Part 10: Code Quality Checklist
- Follow RESTful API path conventions
- Use a unified response format (
success_result / page_result)
- ViewSet + Serializer standard pattern
- Permission checks use
HasPermission
- Models inherit
BaseModel
- Use soft delete (
is_deleted)
- Add
@extend_schema annotation to API
- Serializer validates immutable operations
- Complex queries use
Filter class
- Public methods have docstrings
Common Anti-patterns
| Anti-pattern |
Correct Practice |
return Response(data) Return directly |
Use success_result(data) unified wrapper |
try/except Exception: pass |
Throw BusinessException or log |
User.objects.get(id=id) No exception handling |
Catch DoesNotExist → throw BusinessException |
| Write complex business logic in the View |
Extract to Model Manager or services.py |
request.data["key"] No validation |
Go through Serializer is_valid(raise_exception=True) |