Django DRF RBAC | Custom Permissions with BasePermission | Professor & Student Role Access Control
In this step-by-step Django REST Framework (DRF) tutorial, you will learn how to implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) using BasePermission to secure your API endpoints. Whether you're building an e-learning platform, a course management system, or any multi-role application, this video guides you through a real-world example of professors and students with role-specific access.
What You’ll Learn in This Video:
✅ What is Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in Django
✅ How to create custom permissions using BasePermission in DRF
✅ How to restrict view access by roles (professor, student)
✅ How to protect API endpoints with permission_classes
✅ How to use @action decorator with custom permissions (like my-courses, enroll)
✅ How to prevent duplicate course creation and duplicate enrollments
✅ How to securely manage course creation, updates, and enrollments
Code Features Covered:
📌 IsProfessor, IsStudent, IsProfessorOrStudent permissions
📌 JWTAuthentication with IsAuthenticated
📌 perform_create() for secure course creation
📌 perform_update() for editing only own courses
📌 @action(detail=False) for professor-specific course listing
📌 @action(detail=True) for student enrollment with duplicate check
By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to:
🔒 Build secured, role-aware APIs in Django DRF
📚 Create course platforms where only professors can add/edit courses
👨🎓 Let students enroll only once per course
🧠 Understand how permissions are evaluated at runtime without storing them in DB
Perfect For:
Django REST beginners looking to learn access control
Developers building multi-role web or mobile apps
Anyone looking to implement clean API security using DRF