pep484 stubs for Django REST framework

Mypy stubs for Django REST Framework. Supports Python 3.11 and up.

Installation

pip install djangorestframework-stubs[compatible-mypy]

To make mypy aware of the plugin, you need to add

[mypy]
plugins =
    mypy_drf_plugin.main

in your mypy.ini file.

FAQ

Model instance is inferred as Any instead of my Model class

When subclassing ModelSerializer, add a type argument to type-hint the related model class, for example:

class MyModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer[MyModel]):
    class Meta:
        model = MyModel
        fields = ("id", "example")

Which means that methods where the model is being passed around will know the actual type of the model instead of being Any. The instance attribute on the above serializer will be MyModel | typing.Sequence[MyModel] | None.

To get help

We have Gitter here: If you think you have more generic typing issue, please refer to and their Gitter.

Contributing

This project is open source and community driven. As such we encourage contributions big and small. You can contribute by doing any of the following:

1. Contribute code (e.g. improve stubs, add plugin capabilities, write tests etc) - to do so please follow the contribution guide.
2. Assist in code reviews and discussions in issues.
3. Identify bugs and issues and report these