'str' object is not callable Django Rest Framework
<p>I'm trying to create an API view but I'm getting an error. Can anyone help?</p>

<p>urls.py:</p>

<pre><code>app_name = 'ads'
urlpatterns = [
    # ex: /ads/
    url(r'^$', views.ListBrand.as_view(), name='brand_list'),
]
</code></pre>

<p>views.py:</p>

<pre><code>from rest_framework.views import APIView
from rest_framework.response import Response
from . import models
from . import serializers


class ListBrand(APIView):
    def get(self, request, format=None):
        brands = models.Brand.objects.all()
        serializer = serializers.BrandSerializer(brands, many=True)
        data = serializer.data
        return Response(data)
</code></pre>

<p>UPDATE: HERE IS THE ERROR, it is a string error. And I can't seem to find where its coming from.</p>

<pre><code>TypeError at /api/v1/ads/
'str' object is not callable
Request Method: GET
Request URL:    http://localhost/api/v1/ads/
Django Version: 1.10.2
Exception Type: TypeError
Exception Value:    
'str' object is not callable
Exception Location: C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\lib\site-packages\rest_framework\views.py in &lt;listcomp&gt;, line 264
Python Executable:  C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\Scripts\python.exe
Python Version: 3.5.2
Python Path:    
['C:\\Users\\Leon\\Desktop\\esirom',
 'C:\\Users\\Leon\\Desktop\\esriom\\lib\\site-packages\\setuptools-18.1-py3.5.egg',
 'C:\\Users\\Leon\\Desktop\\esriom\\lib\\site-packages\\pip-7.1.0-py3.5.egg',
 'C:\\Users\\Leon\\Desktop\\esriom\\Scripts\\python35.zip',
 'C:\\Users\\Leon\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python35-32\\DLLs',
 'C:\\Users\\Leon\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python35-32\\lib',
 'C:\\Users\\Leon\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python35-32',
 'C:\\Users\\Leon\\Desktop\\esriom',
 'C:\\Users\\Leon\\Desktop\\esriom\\lib\\site-packages']
Server time:    Fri, 7 Oct 2016 12:44:04 -0500
</code></pre>

<p>HERE IS THERE TRACEBACK TOO</p>

<pre><code>Environment:


Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://localhost/api/v1/ads/

Django Version: 1.10.2
Python Version: 3.5.2
Installed Applications:
['rest_framework',
 'ads.apps.AdsConfig',
 'django.contrib.admin',
 'django.contrib.auth',
 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 'django.contrib.sessions',
 'django.contrib.messages',
 'django.contrib.staticfiles']
Installed Middleware:
['django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware']



Traceback:

File "C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py" in inner
  39.             response = get_response(request)

File "C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py" in _get_response
  187.                 response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)

File "C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py" in _get_response
  185.                 response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)

File "C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\lib\site-packages\django\views\decorators\csrf.py" in wrapped_view
  58.         return view_func(*args, **kwargs)

File "C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\base.py" in view
  68.             return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\lib\site-packages\rest_framework\views.py" in dispatch
  457.         request = self.initialize_request(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\lib\site-packages\rest_framework\views.py" in initialize_request
  364.             authenticators=self.get_authenticators(),

File "C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\lib\site-packages\rest_framework\views.py" in get_authenticators
  264.         return [auth() for auth in self.authentication_classes]

File "C:\Users\Leon\Desktop\esriom\lib\site-packages\rest_framework\views.py" in &lt;listcomp&gt;
  264.         return [auth() for auth in self.authentication_classes]

Exception Type: TypeError at /api/v1/ads/
Exception Value: 'str' object is not callable
</code></pre>

<p>My problem was in my settings.py file:</p>

<p>It should've been:</p>

<pre><code>REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
    ),
    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': (
        'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly',
    ),
}
</code></pre>

<p>Instead of:</p>

<pre><code>REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': {
        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
    },
    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': {
        'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly',
    },
}
</code></pre>

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