Django Employee API (DRF)

This project is a simple Employee Management REST API built using Django and Django REST Framework.

It demonstrates how to work with serializers, models, and basic API structure for handling employee data.

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🚀 Features

• Employee CRUD API (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
• Django REST Framework serializers
• JSON-based API responses
• Model-driven architecture
• Class-Based Views (CBV)
• Lightweight and extensible structure
• Field Level Validation
• Object Level Validation
• Partial Update Support
• Lightweight and extensible structure

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend:
    

• Database:
  

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• Django
• Django REST Framework
• Python

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📊 Employee Fields

• emp_id
• first_name
• last_name
• email
• department
• designation
• salary
• joining_date
• City
• Address

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🧠 Concepts I Learned

Django & DRF Basics

• Django Models
• Django REST Framework Serializers
• JSON Parsing & Rendering
• Request & Response Handling
• Working with JSON Data
• Class-Based Views (CBV)

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HTTP Methods

Method	Description
GET	Retrieve employee data
POST	Create new employee
PUT	Update existing employee
DELETE	Remove employee record

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📚 What I Practiced

• Serializer Validation
• Field Level Validation
• Object Level Validation
• Partial Updates in DRF

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📂 Project Purpose

This project was built for learning and practicing Django REST Framework concepts with real-world API structure and validation handling.

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👨‍💻 Author

Sajjad Ali

🤝 Connect with Me

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💖 Support & Usage

If you find this project helpful or plan to use it as a template for your learning, please consider:

1. Giving it a Star ⭐
2. Giving credit to the original author means me Your Sajju 🔥✨

🔧 Setup Instructions

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/sajjadali-fullstack/rest-api-employee-system.git

# Download
pip install requests

# Go to project directory
cd withRest1

# Install dependencies
pip install django djangorestframework

# Run server
python manage.py runserver