What's a viewsets.py vs views.py

Using Django Forms & APIs
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hello,
Hope you are well.

I found that very interesting tutorial about map with a very nice documentation, if you want to have map ( GeoDjango, PostGIS, Leaflet). As I used Leaflet I continue with it.

However, I have some doubts as I have to search how to adapt it.

If you go to that tutorial and you look for the string “Adding the Marker viewset”, he/she created a file named viewsets.py.
But whats the difference with the file views.py?

Should i create a file viewsets.py or should I copy the code to my file views.py?

If you continue reading below, he created a file api.py at the root of the application.
Does it will work, if copy the file as the following (in the case I use views.py instead of viewsets.py)

"""Markers API URL Configuration."""

from rest_framework import routers

from markers.views import MarkerView

router = routers.DefaultRouter()
router.register(r"markers", MarkerView)

urlpatterns = router.urls

and then in the urls.py

    path("api/", include("markers.api")),

I have not tried anythings yet, because I am confused with the naming viewsets.py vs views.py

Does viewsets and views have is own roles?
Is due to a version of Django?

Many thanks for your clarification

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In that tutorial, what you’re referring to is in the section Activating Django REST Framework

Notice the imports at the top of that viewsets.py file:
from rest_framework import viewsets
from rest_framework_gis import filters

These are parts of the Django Rest Framework.

See Viewsets for more information.

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These are parts of the Django Rest Framework.

Ho ye, all right.
But can I rename the file mymap/markers/viewsets.py to mymap/markers/toto.py?
There is no rules about the naming of that file?

I think I have to try step by step, that I will do tomorrow. I could have more targeted questions.

Thanks a lot again!!