Django Rest Framework (DRF) Soft delete Mixin.

DRF Soft delete mixin

# in DRF DestroyModelMixin delete row. Using Same DELETE method I can soft delete object.
# ex: URL - DELETE https://<hostnam>/api/v1/books/1/ 
from rest_framework import mixins, permissions, viewsets
from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework import status


class SlSoftDeleteMixin(mixins.DestroyModelMixin):
    """ As we are deleting soft"""

    def destroy(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        instance = self.queryset.get(id=kwargs.get('uuid'))
        instance.is_active = False
        instance.save()
        return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)

Much better to do it in perform_destroy, I think.

def perform_destroy(self, instance):
    instance.is_active = False
    instance.save()

@ierika I agree with you. This is better way to perform delete.