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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md index dc0076df..83c3e45f 100755 --- a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md @@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ The following attributes control the basic view behavior. * `queryset` - The queryset that should be used for returning objects from this view. Typically, you must either set this attribute, or override the `get_queryset()` method. * `serializer_class` - The serializer class that should be used for validating and deserializing input, and for serializing output. Typically, you must either set this attribute, or override the `get_serializer_class()` method. -* `lookup_field` - The field that should be used to lookup individual model instances. Defaults to `'pk'`. The URL conf should include a keyword argument corresponding to this value. More complex lookup styles can be supported by overriding the `get_object()` method. Note that when using hyperlinked APIs you'll need to ensure that *both* the API views *and* the serializer classes use lookup fields that correctly correspond with the URL conf. +* `lookup_field` - The model field that should be used to for performing object lookup of individual model instances. Defaults to `'pk'`. Note that when using hyperlinked APIs you'll need to ensure that *both* the API views *and* the serializer classes set the lookup fields if you need to use a custom value. +* `lookup_url_kwarg` - The URL keyword argument that should be used for object lookup. The URL conf should include a keyword argument corresponding to this value. If unset this defaults to using the same value as `lookup_field`. **Shortcuts**: @@ -120,11 +121,27 @@ For example: Note that if your API doesn't include any object level permissions, you may optionally exclude the ``self.check_object_permissions, and simply return the object from the `get_object_or_404` lookup. +#### `get_filter_backends(self)` + +Returns the classes that should be used to filter the queryset. Defaults to returning the `filter_backends` attribute. + +May be override to provide more complex behavior with filters, as using different (or even exlusive) lists of filter_backends depending on different criteria. + +For example: + + def get_filter_backends(self): + if "geo_route" in self.request.QUERY_PARAMS: + return (GeoRouteFilter, CategoryFilter) + elif "geo_point" in self.request.QUERY_PARAMS: + return (GeoPointFilter, CategoryFilter) + + return (CategoryFilter,) + #### `get_serializer_class(self)` Returns the class that should be used for the serializer. Defaults to returning the `serializer_class` attribute, or dynamically generating a serializer class if the `model` shortcut is being used. -May be override to provide dynamic behavior such as using different serializers for read and write operations, or providing different serializers to different types of uesr. +May be override to provide dynamic behavior such as using different serializers for read and write operations, or providing different serializers to different types of users. For example: @@ -146,12 +163,14 @@ For example: return 20 return 100 -**Save hooks**: +**Save / deletion hooks**: The following methods are provided as placeholder interfaces. They contain empty implementations and are not called directly by `GenericAPIView`, but they are overridden and used by some of the mixin classes. * `pre_save(self, obj)` - A hook that is called before saving an object. * `post_save(self, obj, created=False)` - A hook that is called after saving an object. +* `pre_delete(self, obj)` - A hook that is called before deleting an object. +* `post_delete(self, obj)` - A hook that is called after deleting an object. The `pre_save` method in particular is a useful hook for setting attributes that are implicit in the request, but are not part of the request data. For instance, you might set an attribute on the object based on the request user, or based on a URL keyword argument. @@ -327,7 +346,7 @@ You can then simply apply this mixin to a view or viewset anytime you need to ap serializer_class = UserSerializer lookup_fields = ('account', 'username') -Using custom mixins is a good option if you have custom behavior that needs to be used +Using custom mixins is a good option if you have custom behavior that needs to be used ## Creating custom base classes @@ -336,7 +355,7 @@ If you are using a mixin across multiple views, you can take this a step further class BaseRetrieveView(MultipleFieldLookupMixin, generics.RetrieveAPIView): pass - + class BaseRetrieveUpdateDestroyView(MultipleFieldLookupMixin, generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView): pass |