DRF viewsets na routers ni nini?

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Katika Django REST Framework, **viewsets** huunganisha logic ya kundi la API endpoints zinazohusiana (operations za CRUD za resource) ndani ya class moja, na **routers** hutengeneza kiotomatiki URL routing kwa ajili yake. Kwa pamoja zinapunguza kwa kiasi kikubwa boilerplate ya kujenga RESTful APIs.

## ModelViewSet — CRUD kamili kwa mistari michache

```python
from rest_framework import viewsets

class ArticleViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = Article.objects.all()             # the data
    serializer_class = ArticleSerializer          # how to serialize it
    # That's it! This provides ALL standard CRUD endpoints automatically:
    #   list (GET), create (POST), retrieve (GET /id), update (PUT/PATCH /id), destroy (DELETE /id)
```

`ModelViewSet` hutoa kiotomatiki **kundi kamili la RESTful CRUD endpoints** kwa model — list, create, retrieve, update, partial update, na delete — kutoka kwa queryset na serializer tu. Hakuna haja ya kuandika kila view tofauti.

## Routers — utengenezaji wa URL kiotomatiki

```python
from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter

router = DefaultRouter()
router.register(r"articles", ArticleViewSet)     # register the viewset

urlpatterns = router.urls
# automatically creates the RESTful URLs:
#   GET    /articles/        → list
#   POST   /articles/        → create
#   GET    /articles/{id}/   → retrieve
#   PUT    /articles/{id}/   → update
#   PATCH  /articles/{id}/   → partial update
#   DELETE /articles/{id}/   → destroy
```

**Router** hu-map viewset kwa kundi kamili la standard RESTful URLs kiotomatiki — kusajili viewset moja hutengeneza endpoints zote za kawaida zenye HTTP methods sahihi, ikiondoa configuration ya URL ya mkono.

## Kubinafsisha viewsets

```python
class ArticleViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    serializer_class = ArticleSerializer
    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]        # authorization

def get_queryset(self):                        # customize the data per request
        return Article.objects.filter(author=self.request.user)

# add CUSTOM endpoints beyond CRUD with @action
    @action(detail=True, methods=["post"])
    def publish(self, request, pk=None):           # POST /articles/{id}/publish/
        article = self.get_object()
        article.published = True
        article.save()
        return Response({"status": "published"})
```

Viewsets hubinafsishwa kwa ku-override methods (`get_queryset`, `perform_create`), kuweka permissions, na kuongeza **custom actions** (`@action`) kwa endpoints zaidi ya standard CRUD.

## Viewsets dhidi ya generic API views

```text
ModelViewSet  → ALL CRUD in one class + router → least code for standard REST resources
Generic views (ListCreateAPIView, etc.) → more explicit, one class per endpoint group
APIView       → full manual control for non-standard/custom endpoints
→ Use viewsets+routers for conventional REST resources; generic/APIView for custom needs.
```

## Kwa nini ni muhimu

Viewsets na routers ni kipengele chenye nguvu cha DRF kwa kujenga RESTful APIs kwa ufanisi — vinawakilisha kiwango cha juu kabisa cha abstraction kwa kisa cha kawaida sana cha kuonyesha model kama REST resource kamili, na kuvielewa ni jambo la thamani kwa maendeleo yenye tija ya API.

Faida kuu ni **kupunguza boilerplate** kwa kiasi kikubwa: `ModelViewSet` pamoja na router hukupatia REST API kamili ya kawaida kwa resource (CRUD endpoints zote zenye HTTP methods na URLs sahihi) kutoka kwa queryset na serializer tu — ikibadilisha kile ambacho vinginevyo kingekuwa views nyingi tofauti na URL patterns za mkono.

Hii hufanya kujenga standard REST APIs kuwa haraka sana huku ikihakikisha **RESTful conventions** (muundo thabiti wa URL na semantics za HTTP method) zinafuatwa kiotomatiki.

Viewsets zinabaki kubadilika — unazibinafsisha kwa ku-override methods (kuchuja queryset kwa kila user, kudhibiti permissions, kuingia kwenye create/update) na kuongeza **custom actions** (`@action`) kwa endpoints zaidi ya CRUD ya msingi.

Kuelewa viewsets na routers, jinsi zinavyotengeneza endpoints, jinsi ya kuzibinafsisha, na **wakati wa kuzitumia** (resources za RESTful za kawaida) dhidi ya generic views zilizo wazi zaidi au APIView (endpoints za kibinafsi/zisizo za kawaida) ni maarifa muhimu ya kivitendo kwa maendeleo ya DRF.

Kwa kuwa kujenga REST APIs ni matumizi makuu ya Django leo, na viewsets+routers ndiyo njia ya kawaida na yenye tija zaidi ya kufanya hivyo kwa resources za kawaida, ni sehemu inayotumiwa mara kwa mara na muhimu ya toolkit ya DRF inayowawezesha developers kujenga APIs imara kwa code ndogo huku wakibakiza ubadilikaji wa kushughulikia mahitaji ya kibinafsi.