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  "description": "Toolkit for building web APIs with Django, providing serializers, viewsets, authentication, permissions and a browsable API.",
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      "evidence": "https://fund.django-rest-framework.org/topics/funding/",
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      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
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      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
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      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
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  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}