Dynamic request of data from API endpoint in DjangoRestFramework - json

Question

I am making some API calls from an external source but would like to make it dynamic instead of manually putting the reference number in my views in the DRF UI provided.
What I want is that in my DRF UI, I should have a field whereby when I enter a reference number, I should get the response from from the API, I am successfully doing this manually but I want to make it dynamic from the DRF UI.
I would also like to get a better formatted JSON Response in my DRF UI. An image is below to better explain what I meant
Views.py
class Paystack(APIView):
def get(self, request):
url = "https://api.paystack.co/transaction/verify/{{REFERENCE_NO}}"
payload = {}
files = {}
headers = {
'Authorization': 'Bearer SECRET_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data= payload, files=files)
return Response(response)
def post(self, request):
url = "https://api.paystack.co/transaction/verify/{{REFERENCE_NO}}"
payload = {}
files = {}
headers = {
'Authorization': 'Bearer SECRET_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data= payload, files=files)
return Response(response)
urls.py
from django.urls import path, include
from .views import *
from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter
router = DefaultRouter()
router.register('paystack', Paystack, basename='paystack')
urlpatterns = [
path('paystack/', Paystack.as_view(), name='paystack'),
]
Presently, my DRF UI looks likes this,

Answer 1

If you want to be able to get reference_id in your DRF UI, you must either define a serializer and catch the value from that, or, you can define a URL pattern which asks for a reference ID.
You can do this
In urls.py
urlpatterns = [
path('paystack/<str:reference_id>', Paystack.as_view(), name='paystack'),
]
In your views.py
class Paystack(APIView):
def get(self, request, reference_id):
url = f"https://api.paystack.co/transaction/verify/{reference_id}"
payload = {}
files = {}
headers = {
'Authorization': 'Bearer SECRET_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data= payload, files=files)
return Response(response)