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 > — Roy Fielding, [REST discuss mailing list][cite]
 
-[cite]: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rest-discuss/message/5857
+A common pattern for Web APIs is to use filename extensions on URLs to provide an endpoint for a given media type.  For example, 'http://example.com/api/users.json' to serve a JSON representation. 
+
+Adding format-suffix patterns to each individual entry in the URLconf for your API is error-prone and non-DRY, so REST framework provides a shortcut to adding these patterns to your URLConf.
+
+## format_suffix_patterns
+
+**Signature**: format_suffix_patterns(urlpatterns, suffix_required=False, allowed=None)
+
+Returns a URL pattern list which includes format suffix patterns appended to each of the URL patterns provided.
+
+Arguments:
+
+* **urlpatterns**: Required.  A URL pattern list.
+* **suffix_required**:  Optional.  A boolean indicating if suffixes in the URLs should be optional or mandatory.  Defaults to `False`, meaning that suffixes are optional by default.
+* **allowed**:  Optional.  A list or tuple of valid format suffixes.  If not provided, a wildcard format suffix pattern will be used. 
+
+Example:
+
+    from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns
+    
+    urlpatterns = patterns('blog.views',
+        url(r'^/$', 'api_root'),
+        url(r'^comment/$', 'comment_root'),
+        url(r'^comment/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', 'comment_instance')
+    )
+    
+    urlpatterns = format_suffix_patterns(urlpatterns, allowed=['json', 'html'])
+
+When using `format_suffix_patterns`, you must make sure to add the `'format'` keyword argument to the corresponding views.  For example.
 
+    @api_view(('GET',))
+    def api_root(request, format=None):
+        # do stuff...
+
+The name of the kwarg used may be modified by using the `FORMAT_SUFFIX_KWARG` setting.
+
+Also note that `format_suffix_patterns` does not support descending into `include` URL patterns.
+
+---
+        
+## Accept headers vs. format suffixes
+
+There seems to be a view among some of the Web community that filename extensions are not a RESTful pattern, and that `HTTP Accept` headers should always be used instead.  
+
+It is actually a misconception.  For example, take the following quote from Roy Fielding discussing the relative merits of query parameter media-type indicators vs. file extension media-type indicators: 
+
+&ldquo;That's why I always prefer extensions. Neither choice has anything to do with REST.&rdquo; &mdash; Roy Fielding, [REST discuss mailing list][cite2]
+
+The quote does not mention Accept headers, but it does make it clear that format suffixes should be considered an acceptable pattern.
+
+[cite]: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rest-discuss/message/5857
+[cite2]: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rest-discuss/message/14844
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