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In each case, REST framework will return a response with an appropriate status code and content-type. The body of the response will include any additional details regarding the nature of the error.
-By default all error responses will include a key `details` in the body of the response, but other keys may also be included.
+By default all error responses will include a key `detail` in the body of the response, but other keys may also be included.
For example, the following request:
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Note that the exception handler will only be called for responses generated by r
The **base class** for all exceptions raised inside REST framework.
-To provide a custom exception, subclass `APIException` and set the `.status_code` and `.detail` properties on the class.
+To provide a custom exception, subclass `APIException` and set the `.status_code` and `.default_detail` properties on the class.
For example, if your API relies on a third party service that may sometimes be unreachable, you might want to implement an exception for the "503 Service Unavailable" HTTP response code. You could do this like so:
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ For example, if your API relies on a third party service that may sometimes be u
class ServiceUnavailable(APIException):
status_code = 503
- detail = 'Service temporarily unavailable, try again later.'
+ default_detail = 'Service temporarily unavailable, try again later.'
## ParseError