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+"""
+Get a descriptive name and description for a view.
+"""
+import re
+from djangorestframework.resources import Resource, FormResource, ModelResource
+
+
+# These a a bit Grungy, but they do the job.
+
+def get_name(view):
+    """
+    Return a name for the view.
+    
+    If view has a name attribute, use that, otherwise use the view's class name, with 'CamelCaseNames' converted to 'Camel Case Names'.
+    """
+
+    # If we're looking up the name of a view callable, as found by reverse,
+    # grok the class instance that we stored when as_view was called.
+    if getattr(view, 'cls_instance', None):
+        view = view.cls_instance
+
+    # If this view has a resource that's been overridden, then use that resource for the name
+    if getattr(view, 'resource', None) not in (None, Resource, FormResource, ModelResource):
+        name = view.resource.__name__
+        
+        # Chomp of any non-descriptive trailing part of the resource class name
+        if name.endswith('Resource') and name != 'Resource':
+            name = name[:-len('Resource')]
+
+        # If the view has a descriptive suffix, eg '*** List', '*** Instance'
+        if getattr(view, '_suffix', None):
+            name += view._suffix
+ 
+    # Otherwise if it's a function view use the function's name
+    elif getattr(view, '__name__', None) is not None:
+        name = view.__name__
+
+    # If it's a view class with no resource then grok the name from the class name
+    elif getattr(view, '__class__', None) is not None:
+        name = view.__class__.__name__
+
+        # Chomp of any non-descriptive trailing part of the view class name
+        if name.endswith('View') and name != 'View':
+            name = name[:-len('View')]
+
+    # I ain't got nuthin fo' ya
+    else:
+        return ''
+
+    return re.sub('(((?<=[a-z])[A-Z])|([A-Z](?![A-Z]|$)))', ' \\1', name).strip()
+
+
+
+def get_description(view):
+    """
+    Provide a description for the view.
+
+    By default this is the view's docstring with nice unindention applied.
+    """
+
+    # If we're looking up the name of a view callable, as found by reverse,
+    # grok the class instance that we stored when as_view was called.
+    if getattr(view, 'cls_instance', None):
+        view = view.cls_instance
+        
+
+    # If this view has a resource that's been overridden, then use the resource's doctring
+    if getattr(view, 'resource', None) not in (None, Resource, FormResource, ModelResource):
+        doc = view.resource.__doc__
+    
+    # Otherwise use the view doctring
+    elif getattr(view, '__doc__', None):
+        doc = view.__doc__
+
+    # I ain't got nuthin fo' ya
+    else:
+        return ''
+
+    if not doc:
+        return ''
+
+    whitespace_counts = [len(line) - len(line.lstrip(' ')) for line in doc.splitlines()[1:] if line.lstrip()]
+
+    # unindent the docstring if needed 
+    if whitespace_counts:
+        whitespace_pattern = '^' + (' ' * min(whitespace_counts))
+        return re.sub(re.compile(whitespace_pattern, re.MULTILINE), '', doc)
+
+    # otherwise return it as-is
+    return doc
+