Setup Django REST Framework, start the server, and test the API.

Author: jdengitw

octofit-tracker/backend/octofit_tracker/settings.py

@@ -26,8 +26,17 @@
 DEBUG = True
 
 
-# Allow all hosts
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
+# Allow codespace URL and localhost
+import os
+codespace_name = os.environ.get('CODESPACE_NAME')
+if codespace_name:
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
+        f"{codespace_name}-8000.app.github.dev",
+        'localhost',
+        '127.0.0.1',
+    ]
+else:
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1']
 
 
 # Application definition

octofit-tracker/backend/octofit_tracker/urls.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from .views import TeamViewSet, UserViewSet, ActivityViewSet, WorkoutViewSet, LeaderboardViewSet
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
+import os
 
 router = routers.DefaultRouter()
 router.register(r'teams', TeamViewSet)
@@ -29,12 +30,18 @@
 
 @api_view(['GET'])
 def api_root(request, format=None):
+    codespace_name = os.environ.get('CODESPACE_NAME')
+    if codespace_name:
+        base_url = f"https://{codespace_name}-8000.app.github.dev/api/"
+    else:
+        # fallback to localhost for local development
+        base_url = "http://localhost:8000/api/"
     return Response({
-        'users': request.build_absolute_uri('users/'),
-        'teams': request.build_absolute_uri('teams/'),
-        'activities': request.build_absolute_uri('activities/'),
-        'workouts': request.build_absolute_uri('workouts/'),
-        'leaderboard': request.build_absolute_uri('leaderboard/'),
+        'users': base_url + 'users/',
+        'teams': base_url + 'teams/',
+        'activities': base_url + 'activities/',
+        'workouts': base_url + 'workouts/',
+        'leaderboard': base_url + 'leaderboard/',
     })
 
 urlpatterns = [