Scrum Management App – Part 1: Building the API with Django Rest Framework

In this article, we will be discussing how to build an API for a Scrum management app using Django Rest Framework. Scrum is a framework for software development that emphasizes teamwork, accountability, and iterative progress. Creating a Scrum management app that allows teams to organize and track their progress is a valuable tool for any organization.

Getting Started with Django Rest Framework

Django Rest Framework is a powerful and flexible toolkit for building Web APIs in Django. It provides tools for serialization, authentication, and permissions, making it an excellent choice for building the API for our Scrum management app.

To get started, we need to first install Django Rest Framework. We can do this using pip, the package manager for Python. We can install Django Rest Framework by running the following command in the terminal:


pip install djangorestframework


Once Django Rest Framework is installed, we can begin building our API. We will start by creating a Django app for our Scrum management app, and then we will define the models, serializers, views, and URLs for our API.

Defining the Models

In our Scrum management app, we will need to define several models to represent the data that we want to track, such as projects, sprints, tasks, and users. We can define our models in a file called models.py within our Django app.


class Project(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
description = models.TextField()
start_date = models.DateField()
end_date = models.DateField()

class Sprint(models.Model):
project = models.ForeignKey(Project, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
start_date = models.DateField()
end_date = models.DateField()

class Task(models.Model):
sprint = models.ForeignKey(Sprint, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
description = models.TextField()
status = models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=STATUS_CHOICES)

class User(models.Model):
username = models.CharField(max_length=50)
email = models.EmailField()


These are just some example models that we might use in our Scrum management app. We can define additional models as needed, depending on the requirements of our app.

In the next part of this series, we will continue building our API by creating serializers, views, and URLs for our models using Django Rest Framework. Stay tuned for Part 2!