Chapter 9: Django for AI Applications [chapter] deterministic

Introduction Django is a mature, full-stack web framework that excels at building robust APIs and web applications. Its batteries-included philosophy, powerful ORM, and mature ecosystem make it an excellent foundation for AI backends. In this chapter, you'll learn how to build AI-powered APIs with Django REST Framework (DRF), integrate the open-source Ollama LLM server, and offload AI workloads to asynchronous workers. By the end, you'll be able to serve personalized AI responses, manage prompts, and securely expose endpoints to clients.

Setting Up a Django Project for AI A solid project structure is the first step toward a scalable AI backend. Use Django's startproject command to scaffold the base, then create an app dedicated to AI services.

```bash django-admin startproject ai_backend cd ai_backend python manage.py startapp ai_api

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Add the ai_api app to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py:

```python INSTALLED_APPS = [