Suppor current Python version by dropping djangorestframework-mvt dependency

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-.idea/*
+.idea/
 /dist/
+__pycache__/
+*.py[codz]
+*$py.class

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and the versioning aim to respect [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v
 
 Here is a template for new release sections
 
+## [unreleased]
+### Changed
+- Removed dependency on djangorestframework-mvt
+
 ## [3.2.1] - 2025-09-26
 ### Fixed
 - legend tooltip wordwrap and width

django_mapengine/mvt.py

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 from django.db.models import QuerySet
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.serializers import ValidationError
-from rest_framework_mvt.views import BaseMVTView
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
+
+from django_mapengine.renderers import BinaryRenderer
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -27,10 +29,18 @@ def render(self):
         return retval
 
 
-class MVTView(BaseMVTView):
-    """Use MVTView in urls.py to create MVTs from models"""
+class MVTView(APIView):
+    """
+    Use MVTView in urls.py to create MVTs from models
+
+    Schema for GET query:
+    title: required, TMS coordinates of the requested tile. The format should be tile=z/x/y
+    limit: optional, Number of results to return per page.
+    offset: optional, The initial index from which to return the results.
+    """
 
     layers: List[MVTSourceLayer] = []
+    renderer_classes = (BinaryRenderer,)
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         params = request.GET.dict()

django_mapengine/renderers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from rest_framework.renderers import BaseRenderer
+
+
+class BinaryRenderer(BaseRenderer):
+    media_type = "application/*"
+    format = "binary"
+    charset = None
+    render_style = "binary"
+
+    # pylint: disable=no-self-use,unused-argument
+    def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
+        return data