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| author | Tom Christie | 2015-01-05 11:02:28 +0000 | 
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| committer | Tom Christie | 2015-01-05 11:02:28 +0000 | 
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| diff --git a/docs/api-guide/routers.md b/docs/api-guide/routers.md index 929a1710..3a8a8f6c 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/routers.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/routers.md @@ -49,6 +49,38 @@ This means you'll need to explicitly set the `base_name` argument when registeri  --- +### Using `include` with routers + +The `.urls` attribute on a router instance is simply a standard list of URL patterns. There are a number of different styles for how you can include these URLs. + +For example, you can append `router.urls` to a list of existing views… + +    router = routers.SimpleRouter() +    router.register(r'users', UserViewSet) +    router.register(r'accounts', AccountViewSet) +     +    urlpatterns = [ +        url(r'^forgot-password/$, ForgotPasswordFormView.as_view(), +    ] +     +    urlpatterns += router.urls + +Alternatively you can use Django's `include` function, like so… + +    urlpatterns = [ +        url(r'^forgot-password/$, ForgotPasswordFormView.as_view(), +        url(r'^', include(router.urls)) +    ] + +Router URL patterns can also be namespaces. + +    urlpatterns = [ +        url(r'^forgot-password/$, ForgotPasswordFormView.as_view(), +        url(r'^api/', include(router.urls, namespace='api')) +    ] + +If using namespacing with hyperlinked serializers you'll also need to ensure that any `view_name` parameters on the serializers correctly reflect the namespace. In the example above you'd need to include a parameter such as `view_name='api:user-detail'` for serializer fields hyperlinked to the user detail view. +  ### Extra link and actions  Any methods on the viewset decorated with `@detail_route` or `@list_route` will also be routed. @@ -68,6 +100,24 @@ The following URL pattern would additionally be generated:  * URL pattern: `^users/{pk}/set_password/$`  Name: `'user-set-password'` +If you do not want to use the default URL generated for your custom action, you can instead use the url_path parameter to customize it. + +For example, if you want to change the URL for our custom action to `^users/{pk}/change-password/$`, you could write: + +    from myapp.permissions import IsAdminOrIsSelf +    from rest_framework.decorators import detail_route +     +    class UserViewSet(ModelViewSet): +        ... +         +        @detail_route(methods=['post'], permission_classes=[IsAdminOrIsSelf], url_path='change-password') +        def set_password(self, request, pk=None): +            ... + +The above example would now generate the following URL pattern: + +* URL pattern: `^users/{pk}/change-password/$`  Name: `'user-change-password'` +  For more information see the viewset documentation on [marking extra actions for routing][route-decorators].  # API Guide | 
