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| -rw-r--r-- | rest_framework/renderers.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py index c07b1652..b30f2ea9 100644 --- a/rest_framework/renderers.py +++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py @@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ class HTMLFormRenderer(BaseRenderer): 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' @@ -368,6 +370,18 @@ class HTMLFormRenderer(BaseRenderer): 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'] |