How can I customize responses in Django REST Framework?

How can I customize responses in Django REST Framework?

You can customize responses in Django REST Framework by overriding the create, update, or destroy methods in your views.

Can you give me an example of customizing a response for a POST request?

Sure! You can override the create method in your viewset like this:

from rest_framework import viewsets
from rest_framework.response import Response

class MyModelViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        # Your custom logic here
        response_data = {'message': 'Item created successfully!'}
        return Response(response_data, status=201)

What if I want to include additional data in the response?

You can include additional data by modifying the response_data dictionary. For example:

response_data = {
    'message': 'Item created successfully!',
    'item_id': new_item.id
}