✅ Add New Viewset (UsefulViewSet) in DRF

[shihab2004]

UsefulViewSet is an updated version of ModelViewSet. It allows more flexibility to control ModelViewSet. Additionally, it supports individual templates & serializers for individual views.

Code Example

class BookingViewSet(AdminBaseViewSet):
    queryset = Booking.objects.all().order_by('-pk')
    serializer_class = BookingSerializer
    retrieve_serializer = BookingRetrieveSerializer
    update_serializer = BookingUpdateSerializer

    template_name = "booking/list.html"
    update_template = 'booking/view.html'
    
    def get_list_extra_context(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        # Your list view code.
        return {
           # Your list view extra data
        }
    
    def get_retrieve_extra_context(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        # Your retrieve view code.
        return {
           # Your retrieve view extra data 
        }

[onegreyonewhite]

Maybe I’ll express an unpopular opinion, but the idea isn’t bad. The implementation, though, could use some work.

I did something similar in the vstutils project. There, you can override the serializer for each action.

As for templates and context, I can’t comment since I don’t use them in APIs.

[auvipy]

may be adding this to https://github.com/chibisov/drf-extensions as AdminViewSet would make more sense?

[tomchristie]

Yep, what @auvipy said.