Introduction

Welcome to the final lesson in this course. In this session, we will focus on defining custom methods for views in Django. Customizing views allows you to meet specific requirements for your API endpoints, improving the flexibility and functionality of your application.

Our objective in this lesson is to define a custom GET method for the TodoListCreate view. By the end of this lesson, you'll understand how to create a custom GET method, format the returned data, and test the custom method effectively.

Recap of the Setup

Before diving into the code, let's briefly recap what we've set up so far in prior lessons. We've created models, serializers, views, and URLs for a simple Todo application.

Here’s a code block that encapsulates our existing setup:

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