Adding PATCH support to Django REST Framework

3 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/decorators.py b/rest_framework/tests/decorators.py
index 41864d71..a36444cc 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/decorators.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/decorators.py
@@ -63,6 +63,20 @@ class DecoratorTestCase(TestCase):
         response = view(request)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 405)
 
+    # def test_calling_patch_method(self):
+
+    #     @api_view(['GET', 'PATCH'])
+    #     def view(request):
+    #         return Response({})
+
+    #     request = self.factory.patch('/')
+    #     response = view(request)
+    #     self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+    #     request = self.factory.post('/')
+    #     response = view(request)
+    #     self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 405)
+
     def test_renderer_classes(self):
 
         @api_view(['GET'])
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/generics.py b/rest_framework/tests/generics.py
index a8279ef2..1b55a3a5 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/generics.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/generics.py
@@ -180,6 +180,19 @@ class TestInstanceView(TestCase):
         updated = self.objects.get(id=1)
         self.assertEquals(updated.text, 'foobar')
 
+    # def test_patch_instance_view(self):
+    #     """
+    #     PATCH requests to RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView should update an object.
+    #     """
+    #     content = {'text': 'foobar'}
+    #     request = factory.patch('/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')
+
     def test_delete_instance_view(self):
         """
         DELETE requests to RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView should delete an object.
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/views.py b/rest_framework/tests/views.py
index 43365e07..7cd82656 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/views.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class BasicView(APIView):
         return Response({'method': 'POST', 'data': request.DATA})
 
 
-@api_view(['GET', 'POST', 'PUT'])
+@api_view(['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH'])
 def basic_view(request):
     if request.method == 'GET':
         return {'method': 'GET'}
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ def basic_view(request):
         return {'method': 'POST', 'data': request.DATA}
     elif request.method == 'PUT':
         return {'method': 'PUT', 'data': request.DATA}
+    elif request.method == 'PATCH':
+        return {'method': 'PATCH', 'data': request.DATA}
 
 
 def sanitise_json_error(error_dict):