Added ability for username to act as identifier for API user detail endpoint in addition to primary key (/api/users/<userID> OR /api/users/<username>)

src/chigame/api/urls.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     path("lobbies/<int:pk>/", views.LobbyDetailView.as_view(), name="api-lobby-detail"),
     # USER API URLS
     path("users/", views.UserListView.as_view(), name="api-user-list"),
-    path("users/<int:pk>/", views.UserDetailView.as_view(), name="api-user-detail"),
+    path("users/<slug:slug>/", views.UserDetailView.as_view(), name="api-user-detail"),
     path("users/<int:pk>/friends/", views.UserFriendsAPIView.as_view(), name="api-user-friends"),
     # CHAT API URLS
     path("tournaments/chat/", views.MessageView.as_view(), name="api-chat-list"),

src/chigame/api/views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
 from rest_framework import generics, status
 from rest_framework.pagination import PageNumberPagination
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class UserFriendsAPIView(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         user_id = self.kwargs["pk"]
-        user_profile = UserProfile.objects.get(user=user_id)
+        user_profile = get_object_or_404(UserProfile, user=user_id)
         return user_profile.friends.all()
 
 
@@ -60,6 +61,17 @@ class UserListView(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
 class UserDetailView(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     queryset = User.objects.all()
     serializer_class = UserSerializer
+    lookup_field = "slug"
+
+    def get_object(self):
+        lookup_value = self.kwargs.get(self.lookup_field)
+
+        # If the lookup_value is an integer, use the id field
+        if lookup_value.isdigit():
+            return get_object_or_404(User, pk=lookup_value)
+        else:
+            # Otherwise, use the slug field
+            return get_object_or_404(User, username=lookup_value)
 
 
 class MessageView(generics.CreateAPIView):