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+**Full documentation for REST framework is available on [http://django-rest-framework.org][docs].**
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+Note that this is the 2.0 version of REST framework. If you are looking for earlier versions please see the [0.4.x branch][0.4] on GitHub.
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+---
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# Overview
-This branch is the redesign of Django REST framework. It is a work in progress.
+Django REST framework is a lightweight library that makes it easy to build Web APIs. It is designed as a modular and easy to customize architecture, based on Django's class based views.
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+Web APIs built using REST framework are fully self-describing and web browseable - a huge useability win for your developers. It also supports a wide range of media types, authentication and permission policies out of the box.
-For more information, check out [the documentation][docs], in particular, the tutorial is recommended as the best place to get an overview of the redesign.
+If you are considering using REST framework for your API, we recommend reading the [REST framework 2 announcment][rest-framework-2-announcement] which gives a good overview of the framework and it's capabilities.
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+There is also a sandbox API you can use for testing purposes, [available here][sandbox].
# Requirements
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# Installation
-**Leaving these instructions in for the moment, they'll be valid once this becomes the master version**
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Install using `pip`...
pip install djangorestframework
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git clone git@github.com:tomchristie/django-rest-framework.git
pip install -r requirements.txt
-# Quickstart
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-**TODO**
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# Development
To build the docs.
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[build-status-image]: https://secure.travis-ci.org/tomchristie/django-rest-framework.png?branch=restframework2
[travis]: http://travis-ci.org/tomchristie/django-rest-framework?branch=restframework2
[twitter]: https://twitter.com/_tomchristie
+[0.4]: https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework/tree/0.4.X
+[sandbox]: http://restframework.herokuapp.com/
+[rest-framework-2-announcement]: topics/rest-framework-2-announcement.md
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[docs]: http://tomchristie.github.com/django-rest-framework/
[urlobject]: https://github.com/zacharyvoase/urlobject
[markdown]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown/