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# Guide to Self-Documenting APIs with Django REST Framework (DRF) 

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 Django REST Framework (DRF) provides a powerful toolkit for building Web APIs with Django and offers a built-in mechanism for generating self-documenting APIs. In this guide, we'll walk you through the steps to set up and use automatic schema generation in DRF for creating detailed API documentation. 

 ## Installation and Setup 

 1. **Install Django REST Framework**: If you haven't already, install Django REST Framework using pip: 

    ```bash 
    pip install djangorestframework 


 2. **Add DRF to Installed Apps:** In your Django project's `settings.py` , add ' `rest_framework` ' to the `INSTALLED_APPS` : 

 ``` python 

 INSTALLED_APPS = [ 
     # ... 
     'rest_framework', 
     # ... 
 ] 
 ``` 

 ## Enabling Automatic Schema Generation 
 3.