Support PUT for create

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/generics.py b/rest_framework/tests/generics.py
index c0645d6e..2a6a0744 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/generics.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/generics.py
@@ -208,3 +208,18 @@ class TestInstanceView(TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(response.data, {'id': 1, 'text': 'foobar'})
         updated = self.objects.get(id=1)
         self.assertEquals(updated.text, 'foobar')
+
+    def test_put_to_deleted_instance(self):
+        """
+        PUT requests to RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView should create an object
+        if it does not currently exist.
+        """
+        self.objects.get(id=1).delete()
+        content = {'text': 'foobar'}
+        request = factory.put('/1', json.dumps(content),
+                              content_type='application/json')
+        response = self.view(request, pk=1).render()
+        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEquals(response.data, {'id': 1, 'text': 'foobar'})
+        updated = self.objects.get(id=1)
+        self.assertEquals(updated.text, 'foobar')