GeoDjango – Using Django REST Framework GIS to Query GeoJSON

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I am trying to write the view that will return a GeoJSON of my model stored in the database. I would like to create an API so that I can use an AJAX request in a JavaScript file I have. I have not been able to find how to use the Django REST Framework GIS serializers in my views. I simply want to create an API that returns the GeoJSON to load in my Leaflet map.

Views.py

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.core.serializers import serialize
from .serializers import GeoJsonSerializer
from .models import UtmZones
# Create your views here.
def index(request):
    context = {}
    return render(request, 'proj_picker/proj.html', context)

def api_get_utm(request):
    utm_poly = serialize('geojson', UtmZones.objects.all(), geometry_field='mpoly')
    return JsonResponse(utm_poly, safe=False)

models.py

from django.contrib.gis.db import models

# Create your models here.
class UtmZones(models.Model):
    swlon = models.CharField(max_length=254)
    swlat = models.CharField(max_length=254)
    hemisphere = models.CharField(max_length=3)
    zone = models.CharField(max_length=5)
    cm = models.CharField(max_length=5)
    zone_hemi = models.CharField(max_length=5)

    mpoly = models.MultiPolygonField()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.zone

urls.py

from django.urls import path

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.index, name='proj'),
    path('api/utm/', views.api_get_utm, name='utm'),
]

Best Answer

I found out how to do it with Django 2.2's serializer so I didn't need DRF-gis. My problem was the JsonResponse was unecessary because I had already serialized it as a json. The following code works. 

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.core.serializers import serialize
from django.http import HttpResponse
from .models import UtmZones

# Create your views here.
def index(request):
    context = {}
    return render(request, 'proj_picker/proj.html', context)

def api_get_utm(request):
    utm_poly = serialize('geojson', UtmZones.objects.all(), geometry_field='mpoly', fields=('zone', 'zone_hemi'))
    return HttpResponse(utm_poly, content_type='application/json')
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