What generic view should be used to create friend request in drf?

Question

I am building a drf backend api for my android app. I need the API to be able to send friend requests to the relevant users from a user. To do this I am using the django-friendship library. In their documentation they say:

Create a friendship request:

other_user = User.objects.get(pk=1)
Friend.objects.add_friend(
    request.user,                               # The sender
    other_user,                                 # The recipient
    message='Hi! I would like to add you')      # This message is optional

My question is where should this code be written. I know that it belongs in a view, but what kind of view? Could someone give me an example?

Answer 1

I would probably add it to the view that handles any update to the users friendships. For example, if you have a view that handles submission of a friend requests via some endpoint it might look like this:

class CreateFriendRequestView(APIView):
    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        other_user = User.objects.get(pk=request.data['other_user'])
        Friend.objects.add_friend(
            request.user,                              
            other_user,                                 
        message='Hi! I would like to add you')
        return Response({'status': 'Request sent'}, status=201)