Django REST Framework
API Best Practices
Versioning, throttling, and OpenAPI
API Best Practices
- Version URLs:
/api/v1/ - Use appropriate status codes (201 create, 400 validation, 404 missing)
- Throttle anonymous endpoints; rate-limit auth in production
- Document with OpenAPI via
drf-spectacularfor client teams - Never expose stack traces in API JSON when
DEBUG=False