Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master'

27 files changed, 1052 insertions, 320 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index add9d224..210c2537 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from django.core import validators
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.models.fields import BLANK_CHOICE_DASH
+from django.http import QueryDict
 from django.forms import widgets
 from django.utils.encoding import is_protected_type
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
@@ -307,7 +308,10 @@ class WritableField(Field):
         try:
             if self.use_files:
                 files = files or {}
-                native = files[field_name]
+                try:
+                    native = files[field_name]
+                except KeyError:
+                    native = data[field_name]
             else:
                 native = data[field_name]
         except KeyError:
@@ -399,10 +403,15 @@ class BooleanField(WritableField):
     }
     empty = False
 
-    # Note: we set default to `False` in order to fill in missing value not
-    # supplied by html form.  TODO: Fix so that only html form input gets
-    # this behavior.
-    default = False
+    def field_from_native(self, data, files, field_name, into):
+        # HTML checkboxes do not explicitly represent unchecked as `False`
+        # we deal with that here...
+        if isinstance(data, QueryDict):
+            self.default = False
+
+        return super(BooleanField, self).field_from_native(
+            data, files, field_name, into
+        )
 
     def from_native(self, value):
         if value in ('true', 't', 'True', '1'):
@@ -505,6 +514,11 @@ class ChoiceField(WritableField):
                     return True
         return False
 
+    def from_native(self, value):
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
+            return None
+        return super(ChoiceField, self).from_native(value)
+
 
 class EmailField(CharField):
     type_name = 'EmailField'
diff --git a/rest_framework/generics.py b/rest_framework/generics.py
index 99e9782e..7d1bf794 100644
--- a/rest_framework/generics.py
+++ b/rest_framework/generics.py
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 import warnings
 
 
+def strict_positive_int(integer_string, cutoff=None):
+    """
+    Cast a string to a strictly positive integer.
+    """
+    ret = int(integer_string)
+    if ret <= 0:
+        raise ValueError()
+    if cutoff:
+        ret = min(ret, cutoff)
+    return ret
+
 def get_object_or_404(queryset, **filter_kwargs):
     """
     Same as Django's standard shortcut, but make sure to raise 404
@@ -47,6 +58,7 @@ class GenericAPIView(views.APIView):
     # Pagination settings
     paginate_by = api_settings.PAGINATE_BY
     paginate_by_param = api_settings.PAGINATE_BY_PARAM
+    max_paginate_by = api_settings.MAX_PAGINATE_BY
     pagination_serializer_class = api_settings.DEFAULT_PAGINATION_SERIALIZER_CLASS
     page_kwarg = 'page'
 
@@ -135,7 +147,7 @@ class GenericAPIView(views.APIView):
         page_query_param = self.request.QUERY_PARAMS.get(self.page_kwarg)
         page = page_kwarg or page_query_param or 1
         try:
-            page_number = int(page)
+            page_number = strict_positive_int(page)
         except ValueError:
             if page == 'last':
                 page_number = paginator.num_pages
@@ -196,9 +208,11 @@ class GenericAPIView(views.APIView):
                           PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 
         if self.paginate_by_param:
-            query_params = self.request.QUERY_PARAMS
             try:
-                return int(query_params[self.paginate_by_param])
+                return strict_positive_int(
+                    self.request.QUERY_PARAMS[self.paginate_by_param],
+                    cutoff=self.max_paginate_by
+                )
             except (KeyError, ValueError):
                 pass
 
@@ -342,8 +356,15 @@ class GenericAPIView(views.APIView):
                 self.check_permissions(cloned_request)
                 # Test object permissions
                 if method == 'PUT':
-                    self.get_object()
-            except (exceptions.APIException, PermissionDenied, Http404):
+                    try:
+                        self.get_object()
+                    except Http404:
+                        # Http404 should be acceptable and the serializer
+                        # metadata should be populated. Except this so the
+                        # outer "else" clause of the try-except-else block
+                        # will be executed.
+                        pass
+            except (exceptions.APIException, PermissionDenied):
                 pass
             else:
                 # If user has appropriate permissions for the view, include
diff --git a/rest_framework/mixins.py b/rest_framework/mixins.py
index f11def6d..426865ff 100644
--- a/rest_framework/mixins.py
+++ b/rest_framework/mixins.py
@@ -142,11 +142,16 @@ class UpdateModelMixin(object):
         try:
             return self.get_object()
         except Http404:
-            # If this is a PUT-as-create operation, we need to ensure that
-            # we have relevant permissions, as if this was a POST request.
-            # This will either raise a PermissionDenied exception,
-            # or simply return None
-            self.check_permissions(clone_request(self.request, 'POST'))
+            if self.request.method == 'PUT':
+                # For PUT-as-create operation, we need to ensure that we have
+                # relevant permissions, as if this was a POST request.  This
+                # will either raise a PermissionDenied exception, or simply
+                # return None.
+                self.check_permissions(clone_request(self.request, 'POST'))
+            else:
+                # PATCH requests where the object does not exist should still
+                # return a 404 response.
+                raise
 
     def pre_save(self, obj):
         """
diff --git a/rest_framework/parsers.py b/rest_framework/parsers.py
index 96bfac84..98fc0341 100644
--- a/rest_framework/parsers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/parsers.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ from django.core.files.uploadhandler import StopFutureHandlers
 from django.http import QueryDict
 from django.http.multipartparser import MultiPartParser as DjangoMultiPartParser
 from django.http.multipartparser import MultiPartParserError, parse_header, ChunkIter
-from rest_framework.compat import yaml, etree
+from rest_framework.compat import etree, six, yaml
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
-from rest_framework.compat import six
+from rest_framework import renderers
 import json
 import datetime
 import decimal
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class JSONParser(BaseParser):
     """
 
     media_type = 'application/json'
+    renderer_class = renderers.UnicodeJSONRenderer
 
     def parse(self, stream, media_type=None, parser_context=None):
         """
@@ -121,7 +122,8 @@ class MultiPartParser(BaseParser):
         parser_context = parser_context or {}
         request = parser_context['request']
         encoding = parser_context.get('encoding', settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET)
-        meta = request.META
+        meta = request.META.copy()
+        meta['CONTENT_TYPE'] = media_type
         upload_handlers = request.upload_handlers
 
         try:
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ class MultiPartParser(BaseParser):
             data, files = parser.parse()
             return DataAndFiles(data, files)
         except MultiPartParserError as exc:
-            raise ParseError('Multipart form parse error - %s' % six.u(exc))
+            raise ParseError('Multipart form parse error - %s' % str(exc))
 
 
 class XMLParser(BaseParser):
diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
index edaf76d6..35c00bf1 100644
--- a/rest_framework/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ class RelatedField(WritableField):
             value = obj
 
             for component in source.split('.'):
-                value = get_component(value, component)
                 if value is None:
                     break
+                value = get_component(value, component)
         except ObjectDoesNotExist:
             return None
 
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ class PrimaryKeyRelatedField(RelatedField):
                 source = self.source or field_name
                 queryset = obj
                 for component in source.split('.'):
+                    if queryset is None:
+                        return []
                     queryset = get_component(queryset, component)
 
             # Forward relationship
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@ class PrimaryKeyRelatedField(RelatedField):
             # RelatedObject (reverse relationship)
             try:
                 pk = getattr(obj, self.source or field_name).pk
-            except ObjectDoesNotExist:
+            except (ObjectDoesNotExist, AttributeError):
                 return None
 
         # Forward relationship
@@ -567,8 +569,13 @@ class HyperlinkedIdentityField(Field):
         May raise a `NoReverseMatch` if the `view_name` and `lookup_field`
         attributes are not configured to correctly match the URL conf.
         """
-        lookup_field = getattr(obj, self.lookup_field)
+        lookup_field = getattr(obj, self.lookup_field, None)
         kwargs = {self.lookup_field: lookup_field}
+
+        # Handle unsaved object case
+        if lookup_field is None:
+            return None
+
         try:
             return reverse(view_name, kwargs=kwargs, request=request, format=format)
         except NoReverseMatch:
diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index 3a03ca33..fca67eee 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ from rest_framework.compat import six
 from rest_framework.compat import smart_text
 from rest_framework.compat import yaml
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
-from rest_framework.request import clone_request
+from rest_framework.request import is_form_media_type, override_method
 from rest_framework.utils import encoders
 from rest_framework.utils.breadcrumbs import get_breadcrumbs
-from rest_framework.utils.formatting import get_view_name, get_view_description
-from rest_framework import exceptions, parsers, status, VERSION
+from rest_framework import exceptions, status, VERSION
 
 
 class BaseRenderer(object):
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ class BaseRenderer(object):
     media_type = None
     format = None
     charset = 'utf-8'
+    render_style = 'text'
 
     def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
         raise NotImplemented('Renderer class requires .render() to be implemented')
@@ -52,16 +52,17 @@ class JSONRenderer(BaseRenderer):
     format = 'json'
     encoder_class = encoders.JSONEncoder
     ensure_ascii = True
-    charset = 'utf-8'
-    # Note that JSON encodings must be utf-8, utf-16 or utf-32.
+    charset = None
+    # JSON is a binary encoding, that can be encoded as utf-8, utf-16 or utf-32.
     # See: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt
+    # Also: http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2013/7/19/application-mimetypes-and-encodings/
 
     def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
         """
         Render `data` into JSON.
         """
         if data is None:
-            return ''
+            return bytes()
 
         # If 'indent' is provided in the context, then pretty print the result.
         # E.g. If we're being called by the BrowsableAPIRenderer.
@@ -86,13 +87,12 @@ class JSONRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         # and may (or may not) be unicode.
         # On python 3.x json.dumps() returns unicode strings.
         if isinstance(ret, six.text_type):
-            return bytes(ret.encode(self.charset))
+            return bytes(ret.encode('utf-8'))
         return ret
 
 
 class UnicodeJSONRenderer(JSONRenderer):
     ensure_ascii = False
-    charset = 'utf-8'
     """
     Renderer which serializes to JSON.
     Does *not* apply JSON's character escaping for non-ascii characters.
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ class JSONPRenderer(JSONRenderer):
     format = 'jsonp'
     callback_parameter = 'callback'
     default_callback = 'callback'
+    charset = 'utf-8'
 
     def get_callback(self, renderer_context):
         """
@@ -317,6 +318,90 @@ class StaticHTMLRenderer(TemplateHTMLRenderer):
         return data
 
 
+class HTMLFormRenderer(BaseRenderer):
+    """
+    Renderers serializer data into an HTML form.
+
+    If the serializer was instantiated without an object then this will
+    return an HTML form not bound to any object,
+    otherwise it will return an HTML form with the appropriate initial data
+    populated from the object.
+
+    Note that rendering of field and form errors is not currently supported.
+    """
+    media_type = 'text/html'
+    format = 'form'
+    template = 'rest_framework/form.html'
+    charset = 'utf-8'
+
+    def data_to_form_fields(self, data):
+        fields = {}
+        for key, val in data.fields.items():
+            if getattr(val, 'read_only', True):
+                # Don't include read-only fields.
+                continue
+
+            if getattr(val, 'fields', None):
+                # Nested data not supported by HTML forms.
+                continue
+
+            kwargs = {}
+            kwargs['required'] = val.required
+
+            #if getattr(v, 'queryset', None):
+            #    kwargs['queryset'] = v.queryset
+
+            if getattr(val, 'choices', None) is not None:
+                kwargs['choices'] = val.choices
+
+            if getattr(val, 'regex', None) is not None:
+                kwargs['regex'] = val.regex
+
+            if getattr(val, 'widget', None):
+                widget = copy.deepcopy(val.widget)
+                kwargs['widget'] = widget
+
+            if getattr(val, 'default', None) is not None:
+                kwargs['initial'] = val.default
+
+            if getattr(val, 'label', None) is not None:
+                kwargs['label'] = val.label
+
+            if getattr(val, 'help_text', None) is not None:
+                kwargs['help_text'] = val.help_text
+
+            fields[key] = val.form_field_class(**kwargs)
+
+        return fields
+
+    def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
+        """
+        Render serializer data and return an HTML form, as a string.
+        """
+        # The HTMLFormRenderer currently uses something of a hack to render
+        # the content, by translating each of the serializer fields into
+        # an html form field, creating a dynamic form using those fields,
+        # and then rendering that form.
+
+        # This isn't strictly neccessary, as we could render the serilizer
+        # fields to HTML directly.  The implementation is historical and will
+        # likely change at some point.
+
+        self.renderer_context = renderer_context or {}
+        request = renderer_context['request']
+
+        # Creating an on the fly form see:
+        # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3915024/dynamically-creating-classes-python
+        fields = self.data_to_form_fields(data)
+        DynamicForm = type(str('DynamicForm'), (forms.Form,), fields)
+        data = None if data.empty else data
+
+        template = loader.get_template(self.template)
+        context = RequestContext(request, {'form': DynamicForm(data)})
+
+        return template.render(context)
+
+
 class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
     """
     HTML renderer used to self-document the API.
@@ -325,6 +410,7 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
     format = 'api'
     template = 'rest_framework/api.html'
     charset = 'utf-8'
+    form_renderer_class = HTMLFormRenderer
 
     def get_default_renderer(self, view):
         """
@@ -349,7 +435,10 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         renderer_context['indent'] = 4
         content = renderer.render(data, accepted_media_type, renderer_context)
 
-        if renderer.charset is None:
+        render_style = getattr(renderer, 'render_style', 'text')
+        assert render_style in ['text', 'binary'], 'Expected .render_style ' \
+            '"text" or "binary", but got "%s"' % render_style
+        if render_style == 'binary':
             return '[%d bytes of binary content]' % len(content)
 
         return content
@@ -372,136 +461,105 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
             return False  # Doesn't have permissions
         return True
 
-    def serializer_to_form_fields(self, serializer):
-        fields = {}
-        for k, v in serializer.get_fields().items():
-            if getattr(v, 'read_only', True):
-                continue
-
-            kwargs = {}
-            kwargs['required'] = v.required
-
-            #if getattr(v, 'queryset', None):
-            #    kwargs['queryset'] = v.queryset
-
-            if getattr(v, 'choices', None) is not None:
-                kwargs['choices'] = v.choices
-
-            if getattr(v, 'regex', None) is not None:
-                kwargs['regex'] = v.regex
-
-            if getattr(v, 'widget', None):
-                widget = copy.deepcopy(v.widget)
-                kwargs['widget'] = widget
-
-            if getattr(v, 'default', None) is not None:
-                kwargs['initial'] = v.default
-
-            if getattr(v, 'label', None) is not None:
-                kwargs['label'] = v.label
-
-            if getattr(v, 'help_text', None) is not None:
-                kwargs['help_text'] = v.help_text
-
-            fields[k] = v.form_field_class(**kwargs)
-
-        return fields
-
-    def _get_form(self, view, method, request):
-        # We need to impersonate a request with the correct method,
-        # so that eg. any dynamic get_serializer_class methods return the
-        # correct form for each method.
-        restore = view.request
-        request = clone_request(request, method)
-        view.request = request
-        try:
-            return self.get_form(view, method, request)
-        finally:
-            view.request = restore
-
-    def _get_raw_data_form(self, view, method, request, media_types):
-        # We need to impersonate a request with the correct method,
-        # so that eg. any dynamic get_serializer_class methods return the
-        # correct form for each method.
-        restore = view.request
-        request = clone_request(request, method)
-        view.request = request
-        try:
-            return self.get_raw_data_form(view, method, request, media_types)
-        finally:
-            view.request = restore
-
-    def get_form(self, view, method, request):
+    def get_rendered_html_form(self, view, method, request):
         """
-        Get a form, possibly bound to either the input or output data.
-        In the absence on of the Resource having an associated form then
-        provide a form that can be used to submit arbitrary content.
+        Return a string representing a rendered HTML form, possibly bound to
+        either the input or output data.
+
+        In the absence of the View having an associated form then return None.
         """
-        obj = getattr(view, 'object', None)
-        if not self.show_form_for_method(view, method, request, obj):
-            return
+        with override_method(view, request, method) as request:
+            obj = getattr(view, 'object', None)
+            if not self.show_form_for_method(view, method, request, obj):
+                return
 
-        if method in ('DELETE', 'OPTIONS'):
-            return True  # Don't actually need to return a form
+            if method in ('DELETE', 'OPTIONS'):
+                return True  # Don't actually need to return a form
 
-        if not getattr(view, 'get_serializer', None) or not parsers.FormParser in view.parser_classes:
-            return
+            if (not getattr(view, 'get_serializer', None)
+                or not any(is_form_media_type(parser.media_type) for parser in view.parser_classes)):
+                return
 
-        serializer = view.get_serializer(instance=obj)
-        fields = self.serializer_to_form_fields(serializer)
+            serializer = view.get_serializer(instance=obj)
 
-        # Creating an on the fly form see:
-        # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3915024/dynamically-creating-classes-python
-        OnTheFlyForm = type(str("OnTheFlyForm"), (forms.Form,), fields)
-        data = (obj is not None) and serializer.data or None
-        form_instance = OnTheFlyForm(data)
-        return form_instance
+            data = serializer.data
+            form_renderer = self.form_renderer_class()
+            return form_renderer.render(data, self.accepted_media_type, self.renderer_context)
 
-    def get_raw_data_form(self, view, method, request, media_types):
+    def get_raw_data_form(self, view, method, request):
         """
         Returns a form that allows for arbitrary content types to be tunneled
         via standard HTML forms.
         (Which are typically application/x-www-form-urlencoded)
         """
-
-        # If we're not using content overloading there's no point in supplying a generic form,
-        # as the view won't treat the form's value as the content of the request.
-        if not (api_settings.FORM_CONTENT_OVERRIDE
-                and api_settings.FORM_CONTENTTYPE_OVERRIDE):
-            return None
-
-        # Check permissions
-        obj = getattr(view, 'object', None)
-        if not self.show_form_for_method(view, method, request, obj):
-            return
-
-        content_type_field = api_settings.FORM_CONTENTTYPE_OVERRIDE
-        content_field = api_settings.FORM_CONTENT_OVERRIDE
-        choices = [(media_type, media_type) for media_type in media_types]
-        initial = media_types[0]
-
-        # NB. http://jacobian.org/writing/dynamic-form-generation/
-        class GenericContentForm(forms.Form):
-            def __init__(self):
-                super(GenericContentForm, self).__init__()
-
-                self.fields[content_type_field] = forms.ChoiceField(
-                    label='Media type',
-                    choices=choices,
-                    initial=initial
-                )
-                self.fields[content_field] = forms.CharField(
-                    label='Content',
-                    widget=forms.Textarea
-                )
-
-        return GenericContentForm()
+        with override_method(view, request, method) as request:
+            # If we're not using content overloading there's no point in
+            # supplying a generic form, as the view won't treat the form's
+            # value as the content of the request.
+            if not (api_settings.FORM_CONTENT_OVERRIDE
+                    and api_settings.FORM_CONTENTTYPE_OVERRIDE):
+                return None
+
+            # Check permissions
+            obj = getattr(view, 'object', None)
+            if not self.show_form_for_method(view, method, request, obj):
+                return
+
+            # If possible, serialize the initial content for the generic form
+            default_parser = view.parser_classes[0]
+            renderer_class = getattr(default_parser, 'renderer_class', None)
+            if (hasattr(view, 'get_serializer') and renderer_class):
+                # View has a serializer defined and parser class has a
+                # corresponding renderer that can be used to render the data.
+
+                # Get a read-only version of the serializer
+                serializer = view.get_serializer(instance=obj)
+                if obj is None:
+                    for name, field in serializer.fields.items():
+                        if getattr(field, 'read_only', None):
+                            del serializer.fields[name]
+
+                # Render the raw data content
+                renderer = renderer_class()
+                accepted = self.accepted_media_type
+                context = self.renderer_context.copy()
+                context['indent'] = 4
+                content = renderer.render(serializer.data, accepted, context)
+            else:
+                content = None
+
+            # Generate a generic form that includes a content type field,
+            # and a content field.
+            content_type_field = api_settings.FORM_CONTENTTYPE_OVERRIDE
+            content_field = api_settings.FORM_CONTENT_OVERRIDE
+
+            media_types = [parser.media_type for parser in view.parser_classes]
+            choices = [(media_type, media_type) for media_type in media_types]
+            initial = media_types[0]
+
+            # NB. http://jacobian.org/writing/dynamic-form-generation/
+            class GenericContentForm(forms.Form):
+                def __init__(self):
+                    super(GenericContentForm, self).__init__()
+
+                    self.fields[content_type_field] = forms.ChoiceField(
+                        label='Media type',
+                        choices=choices,
+                        initial=initial
+                    )
+                    self.fields[content_field] = forms.CharField(
+                        label='Content',
+                        widget=forms.Textarea,
+                        initial=content
+                    )
+
+            return GenericContentForm()
 
     def get_name(self, view):
-        return get_view_name(view.__class__, getattr(view, 'suffix', None))
+        return view.get_view_name()
 
     def get_description(self, view):
-        return get_view_description(view.__class__, html=True)
+        return view.get_view_description(html=True)
 
     def get_breadcrumbs(self, request):
         return get_breadcrumbs(request.path)
@@ -510,26 +568,25 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         """
         Render the HTML for the browsable API representation.
         """
-        accepted_media_type = accepted_media_type or ''
-        renderer_context = renderer_context or {}
+        self.accepted_media_type = accepted_media_type or ''
+        self.renderer_context = renderer_context or {}
 
         view = renderer_context['view']
         request = renderer_context['request']
         response = renderer_context['response']
-        media_types = [parser.media_type for parser in view.parser_classes]
 
         renderer = self.get_default_renderer(view)
         content = self.get_content(renderer, data, accepted_media_type, renderer_context)
 
-        put_form = self._get_form(view, 'PUT', request)
-        post_form = self._get_form(view, 'POST', request)
-        patch_form = self._get_form(view, 'PATCH', request)
-        delete_form = self._get_form(view, 'DELETE', request)
-        options_form = self._get_form(view, 'OPTIONS', request)
+        put_form = self.get_rendered_html_form(view, 'PUT', request)
+        post_form = self.get_rendered_html_form(view, 'POST', request)
+        patch_form = self.get_rendered_html_form(view, 'PATCH', request)
+        delete_form = self.get_rendered_html_form(view, 'DELETE', request)
+        options_form = self.get_rendered_html_form(view, 'OPTIONS', request)
 
-        raw_data_put_form = self._get_raw_data_form(view, 'PUT', request, media_types)
-        raw_data_post_form = self._get_raw_data_form(view, 'POST', request, media_types)
-        raw_data_patch_form = self._get_raw_data_form(view, 'PATCH', request, media_types)
+        raw_data_put_form = self.get_raw_data_form(view, 'PUT', request)
+        raw_data_post_form = self.get_raw_data_form(view, 'POST', request)
+        raw_data_patch_form = self.get_raw_data_form(view, 'PATCH', request)
         raw_data_put_or_patch_form = raw_data_put_form or raw_data_patch_form
 
         name = self.get_name(view)
@@ -582,3 +639,4 @@ class MultiPartRenderer(BaseRenderer):
 
     def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
         return encode_multipart(self.BOUNDARY, data)
+
diff --git a/rest_framework/request.py b/rest_framework/request.py
index 919716f4..977d4d96 100644
--- a/rest_framework/request.py
+++ b/rest_framework/request.py
@@ -28,6 +28,29 @@ def is_form_media_type(media_type):
             base_media_type == 'multipart/form-data')
 
 
+class override_method(object):
+    """
+    A context manager that temporarily overrides the method on a request,
+    additionally setting the `view.request` attribute.
+
+    Usage:
+
+        with override_method(view, request, 'POST') as request:
+            ... # Do stuff with `view` and `request`
+    """
+    def __init__(self, view, request, method):
+        self.view = view
+        self.request = request
+        self.method = method
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.view.request = clone_request(self.request, self.method)
+        return self.view.request
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args, **kwarg):
+        self.view.request = self.request
+
+
 class Empty(object):
     """
     Placeholder for unset attributes.
diff --git a/rest_framework/routers.py b/rest_framework/routers.py
index 930011d3..3fee1e49 100644
--- a/rest_framework/routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/routers.py
@@ -189,7 +189,11 @@ class SimpleRouter(BaseRouter):
         Given a viewset, return the portion of URL regex that is used
         to match against a single instance.
         """
-        base_regex = '(?P<{lookup_field}>[^/]+)'
+        if self.trailing_slash:
+            base_regex = '(?P<{lookup_field}>[^/]+)'
+        else:
+            # Don't consume `.json` style suffixes
+            base_regex = '(?P<{lookup_field}>[^/.]+)'
         lookup_field = getattr(viewset, 'lookup_field', 'pk')
         return base_regex.format(lookup_field=lookup_field)
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 31cfa344..a63c7f6c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ from rest_framework.relations import *
 from rest_framework.fields import *
 
 
+class RelationsList(list):
+    _deleted = []
+
 class NestedValidationError(ValidationError):
     """
     The default ValidationError behavior is to stringify each item in the list
@@ -161,7 +164,6 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField):
         self._data = None
         self._files = None
         self._errors = None
-        self._deleted = None
 
         if many and instance is not None and not hasattr(instance, '__iter__'):
             raise ValueError('instance should be a queryset or other iterable with many=True')
@@ -298,7 +300,8 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField):
         Serialize objects -> primitives.
         """
         ret = self._dict_class()
-        ret.fields = {}
+        ret.fields = self._dict_class()
+        ret.empty = obj is None
 
         for field_name, field in self.fields.items():
             field.initialize(parent=self, field_name=field_name)
@@ -331,14 +334,15 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField):
         if self.source == '*':
             return self.to_native(obj)
 
+        # Get the raw field value
         try:
             source = self.source or field_name
             value = obj
 
             for component in source.split('.'):
-                value = get_component(value, component)
                 if value is None:
                     break
+                value = get_component(value, component)
         except ObjectDoesNotExist:
             return None
 
@@ -378,6 +382,7 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField):
 
         # Set the serializer object if it exists
         obj = getattr(self.parent.object, field_name) if self.parent.object else None
+        obj = obj.all() if is_simple_callable(getattr(obj, 'all', None)) else obj
 
         if self.source == '*':
             if value:
@@ -391,7 +396,8 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField):
                     'data': value,
                     'context': self.context,
                     'partial': self.partial,
-                    'many': self.many
+                    'many': self.many,
+                    'allow_add_remove': self.allow_add_remove
                 }
                 serializer = self.__class__(**kwargs)
 
@@ -434,7 +440,7 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField):
                                   DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=3)
 
             if many:
-                ret = []
+                ret = RelationsList()
                 errors = []
                 update = self.object is not None
 
@@ -461,8 +467,8 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField):
                         ret.append(self.from_native(item, None))
                         errors.append(self._errors)
 
-                    if update:
-                        self._deleted = identity_to_objects.values()
+                    if update and self.allow_add_remove:
+                        ret._deleted = identity_to_objects.values()
 
                     self._errors = any(errors) and errors or []
                 else:
@@ -514,12 +520,12 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField):
         """
         if isinstance(self.object, list):
             [self.save_object(item, **kwargs) for item in self.object]
+
+            if self.object._deleted:
+                [self.delete_object(item) for item in self.object._deleted]
         else:
             self.save_object(self.object, **kwargs)
 
-        if self.allow_add_remove and self._deleted:
-            [self.delete_object(item) for item in self._deleted]
-
         return self.object
 
     def metadata(self):
@@ -795,9 +801,12 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
         cls = self.opts.model
         opts = get_concrete_model(cls)._meta
         exclusions = [field.name for field in opts.fields + opts.many_to_many]
+
         for field_name, field in self.fields.items():
             field_name = field.source or field_name
-            if field_name in exclusions and not field.read_only:
+            if field_name in exclusions \
+                and not field.read_only \
+                and not isinstance(field, Serializer):
                 exclusions.remove(field_name)
         return exclusions
 
@@ -823,6 +832,7 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
         """
         m2m_data = {}
         related_data = {}
+        nested_forward_relations = {}
         meta = self.opts.model._meta
 
         # Reverse fk or one-to-one relations
@@ -842,6 +852,12 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
             if field.name in attrs:
                 m2m_data[field.name] = attrs.pop(field.name)
 
+        # Nested forward relations - These need to be marked so we can save
+        # them before saving the parent model instance.
+        for field_name in attrs.keys():
+            if isinstance(self.fields.get(field_name, None), Serializer):
+                nested_forward_relations[field_name] = attrs[field_name]
+
         # Update an existing instance...
         if instance is not None:
             for key, val in attrs.items():
@@ -857,6 +873,7 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
         # at the point of save.
         instance._related_data = related_data
         instance._m2m_data = m2m_data
+        instance._nested_forward_relations = nested_forward_relations
 
         return instance
 
@@ -872,6 +889,14 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
         """
         Save the deserialized object and return it.
         """
+        if getattr(obj, '_nested_forward_relations', None):
+            # Nested relationships need to be saved before we can save the
+            # parent instance.
+            for field_name, sub_object in obj._nested_forward_relations.items():
+                if sub_object:
+                    self.save_object(sub_object)
+                setattr(obj, field_name, sub_object)
+
         obj.save(**kwargs)
 
         if getattr(obj, '_m2m_data', None):
@@ -881,7 +906,25 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
 
         if getattr(obj, '_related_data', None):
             for accessor_name, related in obj._related_data.items():
-                setattr(obj, accessor_name, related)
+                if isinstance(related, RelationsList):
+                    # Nested reverse fk relationship
+                    for related_item in related:
+                        fk_field = obj._meta.get_field_by_name(accessor_name)[0].field.name
+                        setattr(related_item, fk_field, obj)
+                        self.save_object(related_item)
+
+                    # Delete any removed objects
+                    if related._deleted:
+                        [self.delete_object(item) for item in related._deleted]
+
+                elif isinstance(related, models.Model):
+                    # Nested reverse one-one relationship
+                    fk_field = obj._meta.get_field_by_name(accessor_name)[0].field.name
+                    setattr(related, fk_field, obj)
+                    self.save_object(related)
+                else:
+                    # Reverse FK or reverse one-one
+                    setattr(obj, accessor_name, related)
             del(obj._related_data)
 
 
@@ -903,6 +946,7 @@ class HyperlinkedModelSerializer(ModelSerializer):
     _options_class = HyperlinkedModelSerializerOptions
     _default_view_name = '%(model_name)s-detail'
     _hyperlink_field_class = HyperlinkedRelatedField
+    _hyperlink_identify_field_class = HyperlinkedIdentityField
 
     def get_default_fields(self):
         fields = super(HyperlinkedModelSerializer, self).get_default_fields()
@@ -911,7 +955,7 @@ class HyperlinkedModelSerializer(ModelSerializer):
             self.opts.view_name = self._get_default_view_name(self.opts.model)
 
         if 'url' not in fields:
-            url_field = HyperlinkedIdentityField(
+            url_field = self._hyperlink_identify_field_class(
                 view_name=self.opts.view_name,
                 lookup_field=self.opts.lookup_field
             )
diff --git a/rest_framework/settings.py b/rest_framework/settings.py
index 8fd177d5..8abaf140 100644
--- a/rest_framework/settings.py
+++ b/rest_framework/settings.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     ),
     'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES': (
     ),
-
     'DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION_CLASS':
         'rest_framework.negotiation.DefaultContentNegotiation',
 
@@ -68,11 +67,19 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     # Pagination
     'PAGINATE_BY': None,
     'PAGINATE_BY_PARAM': None,
+    'MAX_PAGINATE_BY': None,
 
     # Authentication
     'UNAUTHENTICATED_USER': 'django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser',
     'UNAUTHENTICATED_TOKEN': None,
 
+    # View configuration
+    'VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION': 'rest_framework.views.get_view_name',
+    'VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION': 'rest_framework.views.get_view_description',
+
+    # Exception handling
+    'EXCEPTION_HANDLER': 'rest_framework.views.exception_handler',
+
     # Testing
     'TEST_REQUEST_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.renderers.MultiPartRenderer',
@@ -121,10 +128,13 @@ IMPORT_STRINGS = (
     'DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER_CLASS',
     'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_SERIALIZER_CLASS',
     'DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS',
+    'EXCEPTION_HANDLER',
     'FILTER_BACKEND',
     'TEST_REQUEST_RENDERER_CLASSES',
     'UNAUTHENTICATED_USER',
     'UNAUTHENTICATED_TOKEN',
+    'VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION',
+    'VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION'
 )
 
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/default.js b/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/default.js
index c74829d7..bcb1964d 100644
--- a/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/default.js
+++ b/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/default.js
@@ -1,13 +1,56 @@
+function getCookie(c_name)
+{
+    // From http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp
+    var c_value = document.cookie;
+    var c_start = c_value.indexOf(" " + c_name + "=");
+    if (c_start == -1) {
+        c_start = c_value.indexOf(c_name + "=");
+    }
+    if (c_start == -1) {
+        c_value = null;
+    } else {
+        c_start = c_value.indexOf("=", c_start) + 1;
+        var c_end = c_value.indexOf(";", c_start);
+        if (c_end == -1) {
+            c_end = c_value.length;
+        }
+        c_value = unescape(c_value.substring(c_start,c_end));
+    }
+    return c_value;
+}
+
+// JSON highlighting.
 prettyPrint();
 
+// Bootstrap tooltips.
 $('.js-tooltip').tooltip({
     delay: 1000
 });
 
+// Deal with rounded tab styling after tab clicks.
 $('a[data-toggle="tab"]:first').on('shown', function (e) {
     $(e.target).parents('.tabbable').addClass('first-tab-active');
 });
 $('a[data-toggle="tab"]:not(:first)').on('shown', function (e) {
     $(e.target).parents('.tabbable').removeClass('first-tab-active');
 });
-$('.form-switcher a:first').tab('show');
+
+$('a[data-toggle="tab"]').click(function(){
+    document.cookie="tabstyle=" + this.name + "; path=/";
+});
+
+// Store tab preference in cookies & display appropriate tab on load.
+var selectedTab = null;
+var selectedTabName = getCookie('tabstyle');
+
+if (selectedTabName) {
+    selectedTab = $('.form-switcher a[name=' + selectedTabName + ']');
+}
+
+if (selectedTab && selectedTab.length > 0) {
+    // Display whichever tab is selected.
+    selectedTab.tab('show');
+} else {
+    // If no tab selected, display rightmost tab.
+    $('.form-switcher a:first').tab('show');
+}
diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
index 51f9c291..aa90e90c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
@@ -128,17 +128,17 @@
                 <div {% if post_form %}class="tabbable"{% endif %}>
                     {% if post_form %}
                     <ul class="nav nav-tabs form-switcher">
-                        <li><a href="#object-form" data-toggle="tab">HTML form</a></li>
-                        <li><a href="#generic-content-form" data-toggle="tab">Raw data</a></li>
+                        <li><a name='html-tab' href="#object-form" data-toggle="tab">HTML form</a></li>
+                        <li><a name='raw-tab' href="#generic-content-form" data-toggle="tab">Raw data</a></li>
                     </ul>
                     {% endif %}
                     <div class="well tab-content">
                         {% if post_form %}
                         <div class="tab-pane" id="object-form">
                             {% with form=post_form %}
-                            <form action="{{ request.get_full_path }}" method="POST" {% if form.is_multipart %}enctype="multipart/form-data"{% endif %} class="form-horizontal">
+                            <form action="{{ request.get_full_path }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="form-horizontal">
                                 <fieldset>
-                                    {% include "rest_framework/form.html" %}
+                                    {{ post_form }}
                                     <div class="form-actions">
                                         <button class="btn btn-primary" title="Make a POST request on the {{ name }} resource">POST</button>
                                     </div>
@@ -167,23 +167,21 @@
                 <div {% if put_form %}class="tabbable"{% endif %}>
                     {% if put_form %}
                     <ul class="nav nav-tabs form-switcher">
-                        <li><a href="#object-form" data-toggle="tab">HTML form</a></li>
-                        <li><a href="#generic-content-form" data-toggle="tab">Raw data</a></li>
+                        <li><a name='html-tab' href="#object-form" data-toggle="tab">HTML form</a></li>
+                        <li><a  name='raw-tab' href="#generic-content-form" data-toggle="tab">Raw data</a></li>
                     </ul>
                     {% endif %}
                     <div class="well tab-content">
                         {% if put_form %}
                         <div class="tab-pane" id="object-form">
-                            {% with form=put_form %}
-                            <form action="{{ request.get_full_path }}" method="POST" {% if form.is_multipart %}enctype="multipart/form-data"{% endif %} class="form-horizontal">
+                            <form action="{{ request.get_full_path }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="form-horizontal">
                                 <fieldset>
-                                    {% include "rest_framework/form.html" %}
+                                    {{ put_form }}
                                     <div class="form-actions">
                                         <button class="btn btn-primary js-tooltip" name="{{ api_settings.FORM_METHOD_OVERRIDE }}" value="PUT" title="Make a PUT request on the {{ name }} resource">PUT</button>
                                     </div>
                                 </fieldset>
                             </form>
-                            {% endwith %}
                         </div>
                         {% endif %}
                         <div {% if put_form %}class="tab-pane"{% endif %} id="generic-content-form">
diff --git a/rest_framework/test.py b/rest_framework/test.py
index a18f5a29..234d10a4 100644
--- a/rest_framework/test.py
+++ b/rest_framework/test.py
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ class APIClient(APIRequestFactory, DjangoClient):
         """
         self.handler._force_user = user
         self.handler._force_token = token
+        if user is None:
+            self.logout()  # Also clear any possible session info if required
 
     def request(self, **kwargs):
         # Ensure that any credentials set get added to every request.
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_description.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_description.py
index 8019f5ec..4c03c1de 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_description.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_description.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from rest_framework.compat import apply_markdown, smart_text
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.tests.description import ViewWithNonASCIICharactersInDocstring
 from rest_framework.tests.description import UTF8_TEST_DOCSTRING
-from rest_framework.utils.formatting import get_view_name, get_view_description
 
 # We check that docstrings get nicely un-indented.
 DESCRIPTION = """an example docstring
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ class TestViewNamesAndDescriptions(TestCase):
         """
         class MockView(APIView):
             pass
-        self.assertEqual(get_view_name(MockView), 'Mock')
+        self.assertEqual(MockView().get_view_name(), 'Mock')
 
     def test_view_description_uses_docstring(self):
         """Ensure view descriptions are based on the docstring."""
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ class TestViewNamesAndDescriptions(TestCase):
 
             # hash style header #"""
 
-        self.assertEqual(get_view_description(MockView), DESCRIPTION)
+        self.assertEqual(MockView().get_view_description(), DESCRIPTION)
 
     def test_view_description_supports_unicode(self):
         """
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ class TestViewNamesAndDescriptions(TestCase):
         """
 
         self.assertEqual(
-            get_view_description(ViewWithNonASCIICharactersInDocstring),
+            ViewWithNonASCIICharactersInDocstring().get_view_description(),
             smart_text(UTF8_TEST_DOCSTRING)
         )
 
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ class TestViewNamesAndDescriptions(TestCase):
         """
         class MockView(APIView):
             pass
-        self.assertEqual(get_view_description(MockView), '')
+        self.assertEqual(MockView().get_view_description(), '')
 
     def test_markdown(self):
         """
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_fields.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_fields.py
index 6836ec86..34fbab9c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -688,6 +688,14 @@ class ChoiceFieldTests(TestCase):
         f = serializers.ChoiceField(required=False, choices=self.SAMPLE_CHOICES)
         self.assertEqual(f.choices, models.fields.BLANK_CHOICE_DASH + self.SAMPLE_CHOICES)
 
+    def test_from_native_empty(self):
+        """
+        Make sure from_native() returns None on empty param.
+        """
+        f = serializers.ChoiceField(choices=self.SAMPLE_CHOICES)
+        result = f.from_native('')
+        self.assertEqual(result, None)
+
 
 class EmailFieldTests(TestCase):
     """
@@ -896,3 +904,12 @@ class CustomIntegerField(TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
 
 
+class BooleanField(TestCase):
+    """
+        Tests for BooleanField
+    """
+    def test_boolean_required(self):
+        class BooleanRequiredSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+            bool_field = serializers.BooleanField(required=True)
+
+        self.assertFalse(BooleanRequiredSerializer(data={}).is_valid())
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_files.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_files.py
index 487046ac..c13c38b8 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_files.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_files.py
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import datetime
 
 
 class UploadedFile(object):
-    def __init__(self, file, created=None):
+    def __init__(self, file=None, created=None):
         self.file = file
         self.created = created or datetime.datetime.now()
 
 
 class UploadedFileSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
-    file = serializers.FileField()
+    file = serializers.FileField(required=False)
     created = serializers.DateTimeField()
 
     def restore_object(self, attrs, instance=None):
@@ -47,5 +47,36 @@ class FileSerializerTests(TestCase):
         now = datetime.datetime.now()
 
         serializer = UploadedFileSerializer(data={'created': now})
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.object.created, now)
+        self.assertIsNone(serializer.object.file)
+
+    def test_remove_with_empty_string(self):
+        """
+        Passing empty string as data should cause file to be removed
+
+        Test for:
+        https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework/issues/937
+        """
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        file = BytesIO(six.b('stuff'))
+        file.name = 'stuff.txt'
+        file.size = len(file.getvalue())
+
+        uploaded_file = UploadedFile(file=file, created=now)
+
+        serializer = UploadedFileSerializer(instance=uploaded_file, data={'created': now, 'file': ''})
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.object.created, uploaded_file.created)
+        self.assertIsNone(serializer.object.file)
+
+    def test_validation_error_with_non_file(self):
+        """
+        Passing non-files should raise a validation error.
+        """
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        errmsg = 'No file was submitted. Check the encoding type on the form.'
+
+        serializer = UploadedFileSerializer(data={'created': now, 'file': 'abc'})
         self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
-        self.assertIn('file', serializer.errors)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.errors, {'file': [errmsg]})
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_generics.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_generics.py
index 1550880b..79cd99ac 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_generics.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_generics.py
@@ -272,6 +272,48 @@ class TestInstanceView(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
         self.assertEqual(response.data, expected)
 
+    def test_options_before_instance_create(self):
+        """
+        OPTIONS requests to RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView should return metadata
+        before the instance has been created
+        """
+        request = factory.options('/999')
+        with self.assertNumQueries(1):
+            response = self.view(request, pk=999).render()
+        expected = {
+            'parses': [
+                'application/json',
+                'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+                'multipart/form-data'
+            ],
+            'renders': [
+                'application/json',
+                'text/html'
+            ],
+            'name': 'Instance',
+            'description': 'Example description for OPTIONS.',
+            'actions': {
+                'PUT': {
+                    'text': {
+                        'max_length': 100,
+                        'read_only': False,
+                        'required': True,
+                        'type': 'string',
+                        'label': 'Text comes here',
+                        'help_text': 'Text description.'
+                    },
+                    'id': {
+                        'read_only': True,
+                        'required': False,
+                        'type': 'integer',
+                        'label': 'ID',
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data, expected)
+
     def test_get_instance_view_incorrect_arg(self):
         """
         GET requests with an incorrect pk type, should raise 404, not 500.
@@ -338,6 +380,17 @@ class TestInstanceView(TestCase):
         new_obj = SlugBasedModel.objects.get(slug='test_slug')
         self.assertEqual(new_obj.text, 'foobar')
 
+    def test_patch_cannot_create_an_object(self):
+        """
+        PATCH requests should not be able to create objects.
+        """
+        data = {'text': 'foobar'}
+        request = factory.patch('/999', data, format='json')
+        with self.assertNumQueries(1):
+            response = self.view(request, pk=999).render()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+        self.assertFalse(self.objects.filter(id=999).exists())
+
 
 class TestOverriddenGetObject(TestCase):
     """
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_pagination.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_pagination.py
index 85d4640e..4170d4b6 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_pagination.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_pagination.py
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ class PaginateByParamView(generics.ListAPIView):
     paginate_by_param = 'page_size'
 
 
+class MaxPaginateByView(generics.ListAPIView):
+    """
+    View for testing custom max_paginate_by usage
+    """
+    model = BasicModel
+    paginate_by = 3
+    max_paginate_by = 5
+    paginate_by_param = 'page_size'
+
+
 class IntegrationTestPagination(TestCase):
     """
     Integration tests for paginated list views.
@@ -313,6 +323,43 @@ class TestCustomPaginateByParam(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.data['results'], self.data[:5])
 
 
+class TestMaxPaginateByParam(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests for list views with max_paginate_by kwarg
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        Create 13 BasicModel instances.
+        """
+        for i in range(13):
+            BasicModel(text=i).save()
+        self.objects = BasicModel.objects
+        self.data = [
+            {'id': obj.id, 'text': obj.text}
+            for obj in self.objects.all()
+        ]
+        self.view = MaxPaginateByView.as_view()
+
+    def test_max_paginate_by(self):
+        """
+        If max_paginate_by is set, it should limit page size for the view.
+        """
+        request = factory.get('/?page_size=10')
+        response = self.view(request).render()
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['count'], 13)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['results'], self.data[:5])
+
+    def test_max_paginate_by_without_page_size_param(self):
+        """
+        If max_paginate_by is set, but client does not specifiy page_size,
+        standard `paginate_by` behavior should be used.
+        """
+        request = factory.get('/')
+        response = self.view(request).render()
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['results'], self.data[:3])
+
+
 ### Tests for context in pagination serializers
 
 class CustomField(serializers.Field):
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_relations_nested.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_relations_nested.py
index f6d006b3..d393b0c3 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_relations_nested.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_relations_nested.py
@@ -1,107 +1,328 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
 from rest_framework import serializers
-from rest_framework.tests.models import ForeignKeyTarget, ForeignKeySource, NullableForeignKeySource, OneToOneTarget, NullableOneToOneSource
 
 
-class ForeignKeySourceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    class Meta:
-        model = ForeignKeySource
-        fields = ('id', 'name', 'target')
-        depth = 1
+class OneToOneTarget(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
 
 
-class ForeignKeyTargetSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    class Meta:
-        model = ForeignKeyTarget
-        fields = ('id', 'name', 'sources')
-        depth = 1
+class OneToOneSource(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    target = models.OneToOneField(OneToOneTarget, related_name='source',
+                                  null=True, blank=True)
 
 
-class NullableForeignKeySourceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    class Meta:
-        model = NullableForeignKeySource
-        fields = ('id', 'name', 'target')
-        depth = 1
+class OneToManyTarget(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
 
 
-class NullableOneToOneTargetSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    class Meta:
-        model = OneToOneTarget
-        fields = ('id', 'name', 'nullable_source')
-        depth = 1
+class OneToManySource(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    target = models.ForeignKey(OneToManyTarget, related_name='sources')
 
 
-class ReverseForeignKeyTests(TestCase):
+class ReverseNestedOneToOneTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        target = ForeignKeyTarget(name='target-1')
-        target.save()
-        new_target = ForeignKeyTarget(name='target-2')
-        new_target.save()
+        class OneToOneSourceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            class Meta:
+                model = OneToOneSource
+                fields = ('id', 'name')
+
+        class OneToOneTargetSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            source = OneToOneSourceSerializer()
+
+            class Meta:
+                model = OneToOneTarget
+                fields = ('id', 'name', 'source')
+
+        self.Serializer = OneToOneTargetSerializer
+
         for idx in range(1, 4):
-            source = ForeignKeySource(name='source-%d' % idx, target=target)
+            target = OneToOneTarget(name='target-%d' % idx)
+            target.save()
+            source = OneToOneSource(name='source-%d' % idx, target=target)
             source.save()
 
-    def test_foreign_key_retrieve(self):
-        queryset = ForeignKeySource.objects.all()
-        serializer = ForeignKeySourceSerializer(queryset, many=True)
+    def test_one_to_one_retrieve(self):
+        queryset = OneToOneTarget.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
         expected = [
-            {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1', 'target': {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1'}},
-            {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2', 'target': {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1'}},
-            {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3', 'target': {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1'}},
+            {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'source': {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1'}},
+            {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2', 'source': {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2'}},
+            {'id': 3, 'name': 'target-3', 'source': {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3'}}
         ]
         self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
 
-    def test_reverse_foreign_key_retrieve(self):
-        queryset = ForeignKeyTarget.objects.all()
-        serializer = ForeignKeyTargetSerializer(queryset, many=True)
+    def test_one_to_one_create(self):
+        data = {'id': 4, 'name': 'target-4', 'source': {'id': 4, 'name': 'source-4'}}
+        serializer = self.Serializer(data=data)
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+        obj = serializer.save()
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, data)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'target-4')
+
+        # Ensure (target 4, target_source 4, source 4) are added, and
+        # everything else is as expected.
+        queryset = OneToOneTarget.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
         expected = [
-            {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'sources': [
-                {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1', 'target': 1},
-                {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2', 'target': 1},
-                {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3', 'target': 1},
-            ]},
-            {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2', 'sources': [
-            ]}
+            {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'source': {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1'}},
+            {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2', 'source': {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2'}},
+            {'id': 3, 'name': 'target-3', 'source': {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3'}},
+            {'id': 4, 'name': 'target-4', 'source': {'id': 4, 'name': 'source-4'}}
         ]
         self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
 
+    def test_one_to_one_create_with_invalid_data(self):
+        data = {'id': 4, 'name': 'target-4', 'source': {'id': 4}}
+        serializer = self.Serializer(data=data)
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.errors, {'source': [{'name': ['This field is required.']}]})
 
-class NestedNullableForeignKeyTests(TestCase):
+    def test_one_to_one_update(self):
+        data = {'id': 3, 'name': 'target-3-updated', 'source': {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3-updated'}}
+        instance = OneToOneTarget.objects.get(pk=3)
+        serializer = self.Serializer(instance, data=data)
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+        obj = serializer.save()
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, data)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'target-3-updated')
+
+        # Ensure (target 3, target_source 3, source 3) are updated,
+        # and everything else is as expected.
+        queryset = OneToOneTarget.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
+        expected = [
+            {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'source': {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1'}},
+            {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2', 'source': {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2'}},
+            {'id': 3, 'name': 'target-3-updated', 'source': {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3-updated'}}
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+
+class ForwardNestedOneToOneTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        target = ForeignKeyTarget(name='target-1')
-        target.save()
+        class OneToOneTargetSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            class Meta:
+                model = OneToOneTarget
+                fields = ('id', 'name')
+
+        class OneToOneSourceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            target = OneToOneTargetSerializer()
+
+            class Meta:
+                model = OneToOneSource
+                fields = ('id', 'name', 'target')
+
+        self.Serializer = OneToOneSourceSerializer
+
         for idx in range(1, 4):
-            if idx == 3:
-                target = None
-            source = NullableForeignKeySource(name='source-%d' % idx, target=target)
+            target = OneToOneTarget(name='target-%d' % idx)
+            target.save()
+            source = OneToOneSource(name='source-%d' % idx, target=target)
             source.save()
 
-    def test_foreign_key_retrieve_with_null(self):
-        queryset = NullableForeignKeySource.objects.all()
-        serializer = NullableForeignKeySourceSerializer(queryset, many=True)
+    def test_one_to_one_retrieve(self):
+        queryset = OneToOneSource.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
+        expected = [
+            {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1', 'target': {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1'}},
+            {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2', 'target': {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2'}},
+            {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3', 'target': {'id': 3, 'name': 'target-3'}}
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+    def test_one_to_one_create(self):
+        data = {'id': 4, 'name': 'source-4', 'target': {'id': 4, 'name': 'target-4'}}
+        serializer = self.Serializer(data=data)
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+        obj = serializer.save()
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, data)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'source-4')
+
+        # Ensure (target 4, target_source 4, source 4) are added, and
+        # everything else is as expected.
+        queryset = OneToOneSource.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
+        expected = [
+            {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1', 'target': {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1'}},
+            {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2', 'target': {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2'}},
+            {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3', 'target': {'id': 3, 'name': 'target-3'}},
+            {'id': 4, 'name': 'source-4', 'target': {'id': 4, 'name': 'target-4'}}
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+    def test_one_to_one_create_with_invalid_data(self):
+        data = {'id': 4, 'name': 'source-4', 'target': {'id': 4}}
+        serializer = self.Serializer(data=data)
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.errors, {'target': [{'name': ['This field is required.']}]})
+
+    def test_one_to_one_update(self):
+        data = {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3-updated', 'target': {'id': 3, 'name': 'target-3-updated'}}
+        instance = OneToOneSource.objects.get(pk=3)
+        serializer = self.Serializer(instance, data=data)
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+        obj = serializer.save()
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, data)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'source-3-updated')
+
+        # Ensure (target 3, target_source 3, source 3) are updated,
+        # and everything else is as expected.
+        queryset = OneToOneSource.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
         expected = [
             {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1', 'target': {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1'}},
-            {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2', 'target': {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1'}},
-            {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3', 'target': None},
+            {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2', 'target': {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2'}},
+            {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3-updated', 'target': {'id': 3, 'name': 'target-3-updated'}}
         ]
         self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
 
+    def test_one_to_one_update_to_null(self):
+        data = {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3-updated', 'target': None}
+        instance = OneToOneSource.objects.get(pk=3)
+        serializer = self.Serializer(instance, data=data)
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+        obj = serializer.save()
 
-class NestedNullableOneToOneTests(TestCase):
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, data)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'source-3-updated')
+        self.assertEqual(obj.target, None)
+
+        queryset = OneToOneSource.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
+        expected = [
+            {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1', 'target': {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1'}},
+            {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2', 'target': {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2'}},
+            {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3-updated', 'target': None}
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+    # TODO: Nullable 1-1 tests
+    # def test_one_to_one_delete(self):
+    #     data = {'id': 3, 'name': 'target-3', 'target_source': None}
+    #     instance = OneToOneTarget.objects.get(pk=3)
+    #     serializer = self.Serializer(instance, data=data)
+    #     self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+    #     serializer.save()
+
+    #     # Ensure (target_source 3, source 3) are deleted,
+    #     # and everything else is as expected.
+    #     queryset = OneToOneTarget.objects.all()
+    #     serializer = self.Serializer(queryset)
+    #     expected = [
+    #         {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'source': {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1'}},
+    #         {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2', 'source': {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2'}},
+    #         {'id': 3, 'name': 'target-3', 'source': None}
+    #     ]
+    #     self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+
+class ReverseNestedOneToManyTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        target = OneToOneTarget(name='target-1')
+        class OneToManySourceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            class Meta:
+                model = OneToManySource
+                fields = ('id', 'name')
+
+        class OneToManyTargetSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            sources = OneToManySourceSerializer(many=True, allow_add_remove=True)
+
+            class Meta:
+                model = OneToManyTarget
+                fields = ('id', 'name', 'sources')
+
+        self.Serializer = OneToManyTargetSerializer
+
+        target = OneToManyTarget(name='target-1')
         target.save()
-        new_target = OneToOneTarget(name='target-2')
-        new_target.save()
-        source = NullableOneToOneSource(name='source-1', target=target)
-        source.save()
+        for idx in range(1, 4):
+            source = OneToManySource(name='source-%d' % idx, target=target)
+            source.save()
 
-    def test_reverse_foreign_key_retrieve_with_null(self):
-        queryset = OneToOneTarget.objects.all()
-        serializer = NullableOneToOneTargetSerializer(queryset, many=True)
+    def test_one_to_many_retrieve(self):
+        queryset = OneToManyTarget.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
+        expected = [
+            {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'sources': [{'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1'},
+                                                      {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2'},
+                                                      {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3'}]},
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+    def test_one_to_many_create(self):
+        data = {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'sources': [{'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1'},
+                                                         {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2'},
+                                                         {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3'},
+                                                         {'id': 4, 'name': 'source-4'}]}
+        instance = OneToManyTarget.objects.get(pk=1)
+        serializer = self.Serializer(instance, data=data)
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+        obj = serializer.save()
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, data)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'target-1')
+
+        # Ensure source 4 is added, and everything else is as
+        # expected.
+        queryset = OneToManyTarget.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
         expected = [
-            {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'nullable_source': {'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1', 'target': 1}},
-            {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2', 'nullable_source': None},
+            {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'sources': [{'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1'},
+                                                      {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2'},
+                                                      {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3'},
+                                                      {'id': 4, 'name': 'source-4'}]}
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+    def test_one_to_many_create_with_invalid_data(self):
+        data = {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'sources': [{'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1'},
+                                                         {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2'},
+                                                         {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3'},
+                                                         {'id': 4}]}
+        serializer = self.Serializer(data=data)
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.errors, {'sources': [{}, {}, {}, {'name': ['This field is required.']}]})
+
+    def test_one_to_many_update(self):
+        data = {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1-updated', 'sources': [{'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1-updated'},
+                                                                 {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2'},
+                                                                 {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3'}]}
+        instance = OneToManyTarget.objects.get(pk=1)
+        serializer = self.Serializer(instance, data=data)
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+        obj = serializer.save()
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, data)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'target-1-updated')
+
+        # Ensure (target 1, source 1) are updated,
+        # and everything else is as expected.
+        queryset = OneToManyTarget.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
+        expected = [
+            {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1-updated', 'sources': [{'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1-updated'},
+                                                              {'id': 2, 'name': 'source-2'},
+                                                              {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3'}]}
+
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+    def test_one_to_many_delete(self):
+        data = {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'sources': [{'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1'},
+                                                         {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3'}]}
+        instance = OneToManyTarget.objects.get(pk=1)
+        serializer = self.Serializer(instance, data=data)
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+        serializer.save()
+
+        # Ensure source 2 is deleted, and everything else is as
+        # expected.
+        queryset = OneToManyTarget.objects.all()
+        serializer = self.Serializer(queryset, many=True)
+        expected = [
+            {'id': 1, 'name': 'target-1', 'sources': [{'id': 1, 'name': 'source-1'},
+                                                      {'id': 3, 'name': 'source-3'}]}
+
         ]
         self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_relations_pk.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_relations_pk.py
index e2a1b815..3815afdd 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_relations_pk.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_relations_pk.py
@@ -283,6 +283,15 @@ class PKForeignKeyTests(TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
         self.assertEqual(serializer.errors, {'target': ['This field is required.']})
 
+    def test_foreign_key_with_empty(self):
+        """
+        Regression test for #1072
+
+        https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework/issues/1072
+        """
+        serializer = NullableForeignKeySourceSerializer()
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['target'], None)
+
 
 class PKNullableForeignKeyTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py
index 5fcccb74..e723f7d4 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class TestTrailingSlashRemoved(TestCase):
         self.urls = self.router.urls
 
     def test_urls_can_have_trailing_slash_removed(self):
-        expected = ['^notes$', '^notes/(?P<pk>[^/]+)$']
+        expected = ['^notes$', '^notes/(?P<pk>[^/.]+)$']
         for idx in range(len(expected)):
             self.assertEqual(expected[idx], self.urls[idx].regex.pattern)
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_testing.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_testing.py
index 49d45fc2..48b8956b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_testing.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_testing.py
@@ -17,8 +17,18 @@ def view(request):
     })
 
 
+@api_view(['GET', 'POST'])
+def session_view(request):
+    active_session = request.session.get('active_session', False)
+    request.session['active_session'] = True
+    return Response({
+        'active_session': active_session
+    })
+
+
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^view/$', view),
+    url(r'^session-view/$', session_view),
 )
 
 
@@ -46,6 +56,26 @@ class TestAPITestClient(TestCase):
         response = self.client.get('/view/')
         self.assertEqual(response.data['user'], 'example')
 
+    def test_force_authenticate_with_sessions(self):
+        """
+        Setting `.force_authenticate()` forcibly authenticates each request.
+        """
+        user = User.objects.create_user('example', 'example@example.com')
+        self.client.force_authenticate(user)
+
+        # First request does not yet have an active session
+        response = self.client.get('/session-view/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['active_session'], False)
+
+        # Subsequant requests have an active session
+        response = self.client.get('/session-view/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['active_session'], True)
+
+        # Force authenticating as `None` should also logout the user session.
+        self.client.force_authenticate(None)
+        response = self.client.get('/session-view/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['active_session'], False)
+
     def test_csrf_exempt_by_default(self):
         """
         By default, the test client is CSRF exempt.
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_views.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_views.py
index c0bec5ae..65c7e50e 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_views.py
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ def basic_view(request):
         return {'method': 'PATCH', 'data': request.DATA}
 
 
+class ErrorView(APIView):
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise Exception
+
+
+@api_view(['GET'])
+def error_view(request):
+    raise Exception
+
+
 def sanitise_json_error(error_dict):
     """
     Exact contents of JSON error messages depend on the installed version
@@ -99,3 +109,34 @@ class FunctionBasedViewIntegrationTests(TestCase):
         }
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
         self.assertEqual(sanitise_json_error(response.data), expected)
+
+
+class TestCustomExceptionHandler(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.DEFAULT_HANDLER = api_settings.EXCEPTION_HANDLER
+
+        def exception_handler(exc):
+            return Response('Error!', status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+        api_settings.EXCEPTION_HANDLER = exception_handler
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        api_settings.EXCEPTION_HANDLER = self.DEFAULT_HANDLER
+
+    def test_class_based_view_exception_handler(self):
+        view = ErrorView.as_view()
+
+        request = factory.get('/', content_type='application/json')
+        response = view(request)
+        expected = 'Error!'
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data, expected)
+
+    def test_function_based_view_exception_handler(self):
+        view = error_view
+
+        request = factory.get('/', content_type='application/json')
+        response = view(request)
+        expected = 'Error!'
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data, expected)
diff --git a/rest_framework/throttling.py b/rest_framework/throttling.py
index 65b45593..a946d837 100644
--- a/rest_framework/throttling.py
+++ b/rest_framework/throttling.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Provides various throttling policies.
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from django.core.cache import cache
+from django.core.cache import cache as default_cache
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 import time
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class SimpleRateThrottle(BaseThrottle):
     Previous request information used for throttling is stored in the cache.
     """
 
+    cache = default_cache
     timer = time.time
     cache_format = 'throtte_%(scope)s_%(ident)s'
     scope = None
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ class SimpleRateThrottle(BaseThrottle):
         if self.key is None:
             return True
 
-        self.history = cache.get(self.key, [])
+        self.history = self.cache.get(self.key, [])
         self.now = self.timer()
 
         # Drop any requests from the history which have now passed the
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class SimpleRateThrottle(BaseThrottle):
         into the cache.
         """
         self.history.insert(0, self.now)
-        cache.set(self.key, self.history, self.duration)
+        self.cache.set(self.key, self.history, self.duration)
         return True
 
     def throttle_failure(self):
@@ -151,7 +152,9 @@ class AnonRateThrottle(SimpleRateThrottle):
         if request.user.is_authenticated():
             return None  # Only throttle unauthenticated requests.
 
-        ident = request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR', None)
+        ident = request.META.get('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR')
+        if ident is None:
+            ident = request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR')
 
         return self.cache_format % {
             'scope': self.scope,
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py b/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py
index d51374b0..e6690d17 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve, get_script_prefix
-from rest_framework.utils.formatting import get_view_name
 
 
 def get_breadcrumbs(url):
@@ -9,8 +8,11 @@ def get_breadcrumbs(url):
     tuple of (name, url).
     """
 
+    from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
     from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
+    view_name_func = api_settings.VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION
+
     def breadcrumbs_recursive(url, breadcrumbs_list, prefix, seen):
         """
         Add tuples of (name, url) to the breadcrumbs list,
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ def get_breadcrumbs(url):
                 # Probably an optional trailing slash.
                 if not seen or seen[-1] != view:
                     suffix = getattr(view, 'suffix', None)
-                    name = get_view_name(view.cls, suffix)
+                    name = view_name_func(cls, suffix)
                     breadcrumbs_list.insert(0, (name, prefix + url))
                     seen.append(view)
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/formatting.py b/rest_framework/utils/formatting.py
index 4bec8387..4b59ba84 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/formatting.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/formatting.py
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from rest_framework.compat import apply_markdown, smart_text
+from rest_framework.compat import apply_markdown
+from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+from textwrap import dedent
 import re
 
 
-def _remove_trailing_string(content, trailing):
+def remove_trailing_string(content, trailing):
     """
     Strip trailing component `trailing` from `content` if it exists.
     Used when generating names from view classes.
@@ -19,10 +21,14 @@ def _remove_trailing_string(content, trailing):
     return content
 
 
-def _remove_leading_indent(content):
+def dedent(content):
     """
     Remove leading indent from a block of text.
     Used when generating descriptions from docstrings.
+
+    Note that python's `textwrap.dedent` doesn't quite cut it,
+    as it fails to dedent multiline docstrings that include
+    unindented text on the initial line.
     """
     whitespace_counts = [len(line) - len(line.lstrip(' '))
                          for line in content.splitlines()[1:] if line.lstrip()]
@@ -31,11 +37,10 @@ def _remove_leading_indent(content):
     if whitespace_counts:
         whitespace_pattern = '^' + (' ' * min(whitespace_counts))
         content = re.sub(re.compile(whitespace_pattern, re.MULTILINE), '', content)
-    content = content.strip('\n')
-    return content
 
+    return content.strip()
 
-def _camelcase_to_spaces(content):
+def camelcase_to_spaces(content):
     """
     Translate 'CamelCaseNames' to 'Camel Case Names'.
     Used when generating names from view classes.
@@ -44,31 +49,6 @@ def _camelcase_to_spaces(content):
     content = re.sub(camelcase_boundry, ' \\1', content).strip()
     return ' '.join(content.split('_')).title()
 
-
-def get_view_name(cls, suffix=None):
-    """
-    Return a formatted name for an `APIView` class or `@api_view` function.
-    """
-    name = cls.__name__
-    name = _remove_trailing_string(name, 'View')
-    name = _remove_trailing_string(name, 'ViewSet')
-    name = _camelcase_to_spaces(name)
-    if suffix:
-        name += ' ' + suffix
-    return name
-
-
-def get_view_description(cls, html=False):
-    """
-    Return a description for an `APIView` class or `@api_view` function.
-    """
-    description = cls.__doc__ or ''
-    description = _remove_leading_indent(smart_text(description))
-    if html:
-        return markup_description(description)
-    return description
-
-
 def markup_description(description):
     """
     Apply HTML markup to the given description.
diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index d51233a9..853e6461 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -8,16 +8,79 @@ from django.http import Http404
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from rest_framework import status, exceptions
-from rest_framework.compat import View, HttpResponseBase
+from rest_framework.compat import smart_text, HttpResponseBase, View
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
-from rest_framework.utils.formatting import get_view_name, get_view_description
+from rest_framework.utils import formatting
+
+
+def get_view_name(view_cls, suffix=None):
+    """
+    Given a view class, return a textual name to represent the view.
+    This name is used in the browsable API, and in OPTIONS responses.
+
+    This function is the default for the `VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION` setting.
+    """
+    name = view_cls.__name__
+    name = formatting.remove_trailing_string(name, 'View')
+    name = formatting.remove_trailing_string(name, 'ViewSet')
+    name = formatting.camelcase_to_spaces(name)
+    if suffix:
+        name += ' ' + suffix
+
+    return name
+
+def get_view_description(view_cls, html=False):
+    """
+    Given a view class, return a textual description to represent the view.
+    This name is used in the browsable API, and in OPTIONS responses.
+
+    This function is the default for the `VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION` setting.
+    """
+    description = view_cls.__doc__ or ''
+    description = formatting.dedent(smart_text(description))
+    if html:
+        return formatting.markup_description(description)
+    return description
+
+
+def exception_handler(exc):
+    """
+    Returns the response that should be used for any given exception.
+
+    By default we handle the REST framework `APIException`, and also
+    Django's builtin `Http404` and `PermissionDenied` exceptions.
+
+    Any unhandled exceptions may return `None`, which will cause a 500 error
+    to be raised.
+    """
+    if isinstance(exc, exceptions.APIException):
+        headers = {}
+        if getattr(exc, 'auth_header', None):
+            headers['WWW-Authenticate'] = exc.auth_header
+        if getattr(exc, 'wait', None):
+            headers['X-Throttle-Wait-Seconds'] = '%d' % exc.wait
+
+        return Response({'detail': exc.detail},
+                        status=exc.status_code,
+                        headers=headers)
+
+    elif isinstance(exc, Http404):
+        return Response({'detail': 'Not found'},
+                        status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+
+    elif isinstance(exc, PermissionDenied):
+        return Response({'detail': 'Permission denied'},
+                        status=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
+
+    # Note: Unhandled exceptions will raise a 500 error.
+    return None
 
 
 class APIView(View):
-    settings = api_settings
 
+    # The following policies may be set at either globally, or per-view.
     renderer_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES
     parser_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES
     authentication_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES
@@ -25,6 +88,9 @@ class APIView(View):
     permission_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES
     content_negotiation_class = api_settings.DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION_CLASS
 
+    # Allow dependancy injection of other settings to make testing easier.
+    settings = api_settings
+
     @classmethod
     def as_view(cls, **initkwargs):
         """
@@ -110,6 +176,22 @@ class APIView(View):
             'request': getattr(self, 'request', None)
         }
 
+    def get_view_name(self):
+        """
+        Return the view name, as used in OPTIONS responses and in the
+        browsable API.
+        """
+        func = self.settings.VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION
+        return func(self.__class__, getattr(self, 'suffix', None))
+
+    def get_view_description(self, html=False):
+        """
+        Return some descriptive text for the view, as used in OPTIONS responses
+        and in the browsable API.
+        """
+        func = self.settings.VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION
+        return func(self.__class__, html)
+
     # API policy instantiation methods
 
     def get_format_suffix(self, **kwargs):
@@ -269,33 +351,23 @@ class APIView(View):
         Handle any exception that occurs, by returning an appropriate response,
         or re-raising the error.
         """
-        if isinstance(exc, exceptions.Throttled) and exc.wait is not None:
-            # Throttle wait header
-            self.headers['X-Throttle-Wait-Seconds'] = '%d' % exc.wait
-
         if isinstance(exc, (exceptions.NotAuthenticated,
                             exceptions.AuthenticationFailed)):
             # WWW-Authenticate header for 401 responses, else coerce to 403
             auth_header = self.get_authenticate_header(self.request)
 
             if auth_header:
-                self.headers['WWW-Authenticate'] = auth_header
+                exc.auth_header = auth_header
             else:
                 exc.status_code = status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
 
-        if isinstance(exc, exceptions.APIException):
-            return Response({'detail': exc.detail},
-                            status=exc.status_code,
-                            exception=True)
-        elif isinstance(exc, Http404):
-            return Response({'detail': 'Not found'},
-                            status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
-                            exception=True)
-        elif isinstance(exc, PermissionDenied):
-            return Response({'detail': 'Permission denied'},
-                            status=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
-                            exception=True)
-        raise
+        response = self.settings.EXCEPTION_HANDLER(exc)
+
+        if response is None:
+            raise
+
+        response.exception = True
+        return response
 
     # Note: session based authentication is explicitly CSRF validated,
     # all other authentication is CSRF exempt.
@@ -342,16 +414,12 @@ class APIView(View):
         Return a dictionary of metadata about the view.
         Used to return responses for OPTIONS requests.
         """
-
-        # This is used by ViewSets to disambiguate instance vs list views
-        view_name_suffix = getattr(self, 'suffix', None)
-
         # By default we can't provide any form-like information, however the
         # generic views override this implementation and add additional
         # information for POST and PUT methods, based on the serializer.
         ret = SortedDict()
-        ret['name'] = get_view_name(self.__class__, view_name_suffix)
-        ret['description'] = get_view_description(self.__class__)
+        ret['name'] = self.get_view_name()
+        ret['description'] = self.get_view_description()
         ret['renders'] = [renderer.media_type for renderer in self.renderer_classes]
         ret['parses'] = [parser.media_type for parser in self.parser_classes]
         return ret