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| author | Tom Christie | 2013-08-19 20:36:18 +0100 | 
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| committer | Tom Christie | 2013-08-19 20:36:18 +0100 | 
| commit | c607414f1637221486a6f13c6ce0d64dbe95957b (patch) | |
| tree | 39160b6c4bbd4af7b251907f0d5314c468230dc4 /docs/api-guide/viewsets.md | |
| parent | 34d65119fc1c200b76a8af7213a92d6b279bd478 (diff) | |
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| diff --git a/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md b/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md index 0c68afb0..95efc229 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md @@ -92,14 +92,16 @@ The default routers included with REST framework will provide routes for a stand          def destroy(self, request, pk=None):              pass -If you have ad-hoc methods that you need to be routed to, you can mark them as requiring routing using the `@link` or `@action` decorators.  The `@link` decorator will route `GET` requests, and the `@action` decorator will route `POST` requests. +If you have ad-hoc methods that you need to be routed to, you can mark them as requiring routing using the `@detail_route` or `@list_route` decorators. + +The `@detail_route` decorator contains `pk` in its URL pattern and is intended for methods which require a single instance. The `@list_route` decorator is intended for methods which operate on a list of objects.  For example:      from django.contrib.auth.models import User -    from rest_framework import viewsets      from rest_framework import status -    from rest_framework.decorators import action +    from rest_framework import viewsets +    from rest_framework.decorators import detail_route, list_route      from rest_framework.response import Response      from myapp.serializers import UserSerializer, PasswordSerializer @@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ For example:          queryset = User.objects.all()          serializer_class = UserSerializer -        @action() +        @detail_route(methods=['post'])          def set_password(self, request, pk=None):              user = self.get_object()              serializer = PasswordSerializer(data=request.DATA) @@ -122,15 +124,22 @@ For example:                  return Response(serializer.errors,                                  status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST) -The `@action` and `@link` decorators can additionally take extra arguments that will be set for the routed view only.  For example... +        @list_route() +        def recent_users(self, request): +            recent_users = User.objects.all().order('-last_login') +            page = self.paginate_queryset(recent_users) +            serializer = self.get_pagination_serializer(page) +            return Response(serializer.data) + +The decorators can additionally take extra arguments that will be set for the routed view only.  For example... -        @action(permission_classes=[IsAdminOrIsSelf]) +        @detail_route(methods=['post'], permission_classes=[IsAdminOrIsSelf])          def set_password(self, request, pk=None):             ... -The `@action` decorator will route `POST` requests by default, but may also accept other HTTP methods, by using the `method` argument.  For example: +By default, the decorators will route `GET` requests, but may also accept other HTTP methods, by using the `methods` argument.  For example: -        @action(methods=['POST', 'DELETE']) +        @detail_route(methods=['post', 'delete'])          def unset_password(self, request, pk=None):             ...  --- | 
