[Answered ]-Django rest framework: correctly handle incoming array of model ids

Consider the upvote button to the left. When you click it, a request may be sent to stackoverflow.com/question/12345/upvote. It creates an “action resource” on the db, so later you can go to your user profile and check out the list of actions you took.

You can consider doing the same thing for your application. It may be a better user experience to have immediate action taken like SO, or a “batch” request like with gmail’s check boxes.