Django Ninja

Complete reference for building fast, type-safe REST APIs with Django and Pydantic.

Overview

Django Ninja is a web framework for building APIs with Django and Python 3.6+ type hints. It provides automatic request validation, response serialization, and generates OpenAPI documentation.

Key Features:

• Fast: Built on Pydantic for high performance
• Type-safe: Full IDE autocomplete and type checking
• Auto docs: Automatic OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
• Easy: Django integration with minimal boilerplate
• Async support: Native async/await support

Django Ninja vs Django REST Framework