# m-junaid/student-management-api architecture

> Architecture diagram of the GitHub repository m-junaid/student-management-api, generated by GitDiagram from its file tree, README and a sample of source files (last updated 2026-09-27). It is an AI-made overview: check details against the source.

- Interactive diagram: https://gitdiagram.com/m-junaid/student-management-api
- Repository: https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api

## Overview

This is a Django REST Framework service for student and course records. The main workflow is an API client request routed to a student or course viewset, checked for access, filtered or validated, serialized, and served from the configured database. The README also documents JWT access and refresh, student-specific and staff statistics endpoints, and OpenAPI/Swagger. Route wiring for the app and the health/auth handlers is unsampled, so those are represented at the documented URL-module level rather than as inferred view implementations.

Main entry points: [`students/views.py`](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/views.py) (Student endpoints), [`students/models.py`](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/models.py) (Student and course models), [`students/urls.py`](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/urls.py) (Versioned routes), [`student_api/settings.py`](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/student_api/settings.py) (API and runtime settings)

## Diagram (Mermaid)

```mermaid
flowchart TD

subgraph group_routing["API routing"]
  node_root_urls["Project routes<br/>[urls.py]"]
  node_app_urls["Versioned routes<br/>[urls.py]"]
  node_health_auth["Health and tokens<br/>[urls.py]"]
end

subgraph group_students["Student domain"]
  node_student_views["Student endpoints<br/>[views.py]"]
  node_student_filters["Student filters<br/>[filters.py]"]
  node_student_permissions["Student permissions<br/>[permissions.py]"]
  node_student_serializers["Student serializers<br/>[serializers.py]"]
  node_validators["Input validators<br/>[validators.py]"]
  node_domain_models["Student and course models<br/>[models.py]"]
end

subgraph group_courses["Course domain"]
  node_course_views["Course endpoints<br/>[views.py]"]
  node_course_serializers["Course serializers<br/>[serializers.py]"]
end

subgraph group_platform["Access and platform"]
  node_database[("Configured database")]
  node_runtime_settings["API and runtime settings<br/>[settings.py]"]
  node_jwt["JWT token handling<br/>[settings.py]"]
  node_api_docs["OpenAPI and Swagger<br/>[urls.py]"]
end

node_client(("API client"))

node_client -->|"sends request"| node_root_urls
node_root_urls -->|"routes API"| node_app_urls
node_root_urls -->|"serves docs"| node_api_docs
node_app_urls -->|"dispatches student calls"| node_student_views
node_app_urls -->|"dispatches course calls"| node_course_views
node_app_urls -->|"routes health and auth"| node_health_auth
node_student_views -->|"checks access"| node_student_permissions
node_student_views -->|"filters student queries"| node_student_filters
node_student_views -->|"serializes student data"| node_student_serializers
node_student_serializers -->|"validates input"| node_validators
node_student_views -->|"queries student records"| node_domain_models
node_course_views -->|"checks write access"| node_student_permissions
node_course_views -->|"serializes course data"| node_course_serializers
node_course_views -->|"queries course records"| node_domain_models
node_student_serializers -->|"maps model fields"| node_domain_models
node_course_serializers -->|"maps related fields"| node_domain_models
node_domain_models -->|"persists records"| node_database
node_runtime_settings -->|"configures tokens"| node_jwt
node_runtime_settings -->|"configures connection"| node_database
node_runtime_settings -->|"configures schema"| node_api_docs
node_health_auth -->|"issues and refreshes"| node_jwt
node_client -->|"requests health or token"| node_health_auth

click node_root_urls "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/student_api/urls.py"
click node_app_urls "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/urls.py"
click node_health_auth "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/urls.py"
click node_student_views "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/views.py"
click node_student_filters "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/filters.py"
click node_student_permissions "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/permissions.py"
click node_student_serializers "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/serializers.py"
click node_validators "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/validators.py"
click node_course_views "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/views.py"
click node_course_serializers "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/serializers.py"
click node_domain_models "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/models.py"
click node_runtime_settings "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/student_api/settings.py"
click node_jwt "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/student_api/settings.py"
click node_api_docs "https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/student_api/urls.py"

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classDef toneBlue fill:#dbeafe,stroke:#2563eb,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#172554
classDef toneAmber fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#d97706,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#78350f
classDef toneMint fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#16a34a,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#14532d
classDef toneRose fill:#ffe4e6,stroke:#e11d48,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#881337
classDef toneIndigo fill:#e0e7ff,stroke:#4f46e5,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#312e81
classDef toneTeal fill:#ccfbf1,stroke:#0f766e,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#134e4a
class node_root_urls,node_app_urls,node_health_auth,node_client toneBlue
class node_student_views,node_student_filters,node_student_permissions,node_student_serializers,node_validators,node_domain_models toneAmber
class node_course_views,node_course_serializers toneMint
class node_database,node_runtime_settings,node_jwt,node_api_docs toneRose
```

## Components

### API routing

- [Project routes](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/student_api/urls.py): `student_api/urls.py`
- [Versioned routes](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/urls.py): `students/urls.py`
- [Health and tokens](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/urls.py): `students/urls.py`

### Student domain

- [Student endpoints](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/views.py): `students/views.py`
- [Student filters](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/filters.py): `students/filters.py`
- [Student permissions](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/permissions.py): `students/permissions.py`
- [Student serializers](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/serializers.py): `students/serializers.py`
- [Input validators](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/validators.py): `students/validators.py`
- [Student and course models](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/models.py): `students/models.py`

### Course domain

- [Course endpoints](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/views.py): `students/views.py`
- [Course serializers](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/students/serializers.py): `students/serializers.py`

### Access and platform

- **Configured database**
- [API and runtime settings](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/student_api/settings.py): `student_api/settings.py`
- [JWT token handling](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/student_api/settings.py): `student_api/settings.py`
- [OpenAPI and Swagger](https://github.com/m-junaid/student-management-api/blob/main/student_api/urls.py): `student_api/urls.py`

### Other components

- **API client**

## Connections

- API client → Project routes: sends request
- Project routes → Versioned routes: routes API
- Project routes → OpenAPI and Swagger: serves docs
- Versioned routes → Student endpoints: dispatches student calls
- Versioned routes → Course endpoints: dispatches course calls
- Versioned routes → Health and tokens: routes health and auth
- Student endpoints → Student permissions: checks access
- Student endpoints → Student filters: filters student queries
- Student endpoints → Student serializers: serializes student data
- Student serializers → Input validators: validates input
- Student endpoints → Student and course models: queries student records
- Course endpoints → Student permissions: checks write access
- Course endpoints → Course serializers: serializes course data
- Course endpoints → Student and course models: queries course records
- Student serializers → Student and course models: maps model fields
- Course serializers → Student and course models: maps related fields
- Student and course models → Configured database: persists records
- API and runtime settings → JWT token handling: configures tokens
- API and runtime settings → Configured database: configures connection
- API and runtime settings → OpenAPI and Swagger: configures schema
- Health and tokens → JWT token handling: issues and refreshes
- API client → Health and tokens: requests health or token