How to get xml format in Django Rest Framework

Question

I'm trying to get xml format in Django Rest FrameWork,I tried the tutorial provided by Django Rest Framework, I'm new to django, I did the following.

settings.py

 INSTALLED_APPS = [
        'django.contrib.admin',
        'django.contrib.auth',
        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
        'django.contrib.sessions',
        'django.contrib.messages',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles',
        'rest_framework',
        'books',
        'users',
    ]

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import url
from django.contrib import admin
from books.views import *
from users.views import *
from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns

    urlpatterns = [
        url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
        url(r'^books/all/$', all_books),
        url(r'^user/', get_user)
    ]

    urlpatterns = format_suffix_patterns(urlpatterns, allowed=['json', 'html','xml'])

views.py

from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
from books.serializers import *
from books.models import *

# Create your views here.

@api_view(['GET'])
def all_books(request):
    books = Book.objects.all()
    serializers = BookSerializer(books,many=True)
    return Response(serializers.data)

When I try to access the xml data, I Get this error by doing ?format=xml

{"detail":"Not found."}

the tutorial link http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/format-suffixes/

Possible duplicate of How do you get djangorestframework to return xml using format suffix? — lucasnadalutti
– lucasnadalutti, Commented Dec 8, 2016 at 19:06

Dhia · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-09 00:56:38Z

6

Actually your settings.py is missing the xml parser config.

install rest_framework_xml : pip install djangorestframework-xml
Update INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
  'django.contrib.admin',
  'django.contrib.auth',
  'django.contrib.contenttypes',
  'django.contrib.sessions',
  'django.contrib.messages',
  'django.contrib.staticfiles',
  'rest_framework',
  'rest_framework_xml',
  'books',
  'users',
]

Add xml parser in settings.py:

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
  'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
    'rest_framework_xml.parsers.XMLParser',
  ),
    'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
    'rest_framework_xml.renderers.XMLRenderer',
  ),
}

edited Dec 9, 2016 at 0:56

answered Dec 9, 2016 at 0:42

Dhia

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7 Comments

Goun2 Over a year ago

I got this error ImportError: Could not import 'rest_framework_xml.renderers.XMLRenderer' for API setting 'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES'. ImportError: No module named 'rest_framework_xml'.

Dhia Over a year ago

you have to install rest_framework_xml as the error explains. I will update the answer to be a complete one.

Dhia Over a year ago

did you follow my new update? you have to add it to the list of INSTALLED_APPS as mentioned above. It tested it locally and working with the config above.

Goun2 Over a year ago

Yes, I'm getting ImportError: No module named 'rest_framework_xml', but it's already installed and I added the 'rest_framework_xml'.

Dhia Over a year ago

That's definitely weird. Check your environment.

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Nurudeen Abdulsalaam · Accepted Answer · 2023-09-22 04:02:39Z

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It is adviceable that you use virtual environment. Check how to use pipenv here

answered Sep 22, 2023 at 4:02

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This feels much more like a comment to the answer given than an actual answer to the question

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