Django Rest Framework return a JSON file

Question

Using Django and Django REST Framework, I am trying to write a GET request which when called will return a JSON file located on the server. What is the best way to accomplish this?

class MyView(APIView):

    def get(self, request):

        ...

        # I get a filepath to 'somefile.json'     
        my_filepath = "/Users/me/Desktop/somefile.json"

        ...

        # What do I do in order to return 'somefile.json'?    
        return Response(somefile.json)

EDIT

I do not want to return the contents of somefile.json. I want to return the file itself.

Yes, that is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you. return FileResponse(my_filepath, 'rb') did the trick — Espresso
– Espresso, Commented Feb 18, 2019 at 18:16

dirkgroten · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-18 19:16:24Z

2

You can use a FileResponse object as described here.

answered Feb 18, 2019 at 19:16

dirkgroten

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