[FIXED] Problem on performing CRUD operation using Django REST API

Issue

Hey I am new to Django Rest Framework.I have recently created REST API name "api/studentapi" using django REST framework in local host. The CRUD operation works perfectly fine in browseable API. But When I try to access the same API from third party python file, I am not able to perform POST operation although I am able to perform GET operation.While performing POST operation the server reponse me as "Unsupported Media Type: /api/studentapi/".I am posting series of code images so that the stuffs gets more clear The third party python app that I have created to access the "api/studentapi"

The file structure of my project

The model form that I have created

The serializer files that I have created

The urls code

And Finally the view file

Solution

Make sure you a passing the content type header during your post and put request, as that's how django_rest_framework understands which parser it will use. The Django rest framework supports content type of form-data, JSON, x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart out of the box.

If you're sending JSON data add the header to your request:

Content-Type: application/json

If you send form data or file(s) add the header:

Content-Type: multipart/form-data

If you're sending only form data use:

Content-Type: application/x-form-urlencoded

For your code this is how to add the header

r = request.post(
    url=URL,
    data=json_data,
    headers= {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
)    

Answered By - Innocent Peros