Django rest framework: How to reuse an app using different settings? - django

Question

I have an application that has it's own urls and uses specific settings to access another api.
I would like to use this same app again within the same project, but with different urls and using a seperate endpoint.
So just setup new urls, and point to the same views from the original app but inject different settings.
For example one of my views is:
class SummaryVMsList(ListAPIView):
'''
VM Summary
'''
def list(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
'''
Return a list of processed vm's
'''
v_token = settings.VTOKEN
base_url = settings.VURL
v_password = settings.VPASSWORD
v_username = settings.VUSERNAME
session = Session()
session.headers.update({
'v_token': v_token
})
client = VClient(
url=base_url,
v_username=v_username,
v_password=v_password,
session=session
)
try:
repos = client.get_summary_vms()
return Response(data=repos, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
except VError as err:
return Response(
data={'error': str(err)},
status=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
)
# log the error
finally:
client.logout()
How would I be able to change the setting values: settings.VTOKEN, settings.VURL, settings.VPASSWORD and settings.VUSERNAME
Based on whick url is used:
In urls-site1.py
app_name = 'v_site1'
urlpatterns = [
path('vm-summary', views.SummaryVMsList.as_view(), name='vms_list'),
]
In urls-site2.py:
app_name = 'v_site2'
urlpatterns = [
path('vm-summary', views.SummaryVMsList.as_view(), name='vms_list'),
]

Answer 1

In this case, a better idea would be to store such params in constants instead of settings. The settings in Django used for different environments, in the end, it can be hard to work with it.
Also, take note that there are two exactly the same URL vm-summary and it could cause a name collision.