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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/responses.md b/docs/api-guide/responses.md index b0de6824..395decda 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/responses.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/responses.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Unless you want to heavily customize REST framework for some reason, you should --- -# Methods +# Creating responses ## Response() @@ -35,21 +35,6 @@ Arguments: * `template_name`: A template name to use if `HTMLRenderer` is selected. * `headers`: A dictionary of HTTP headers to use in the response. -## .render() - -**Signature:** `.render()` - -This methd is called to render the serialized data of the response into the final response content. When `.render()` is called, the response content will be set to the result of calling the `.render(data, accepted_media_type)` method on the accepted renderer instance. - -You won't typically need to call `.render()` yourself, as it's handled by Django's standard response cycle. - -## Standard response methods - -The `Response` class extends `SimpleTemplateResponse`, and all the usual methods are also available on the response. For example you can set headers on the response in the standard way: - - response = Response() - response['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache' - --- # Attributes @@ -88,5 +73,22 @@ A dictionary of additional context information that will be passed to the render Set automatically by the `APIView` or `@api_view` immediately before the response is returned from the view. +--- + +# Standard HttpResponse attributes + +The `Response` class extends `SimpleTemplateResponse`, and all the usual attributes and methods are also available on the response. For example you can set headers on the response in the standard way: + + response = Response() + response['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache' + +## .render() + +**Signature:** `.render()` + +As with any other `TemplateResponse`, this methd is called to render the serialized data of the response into the final response content. When `.render()` is called, the response content will be set to the result of calling the `.render(data, accepted_media_type, renderer_context)` method on the `accepted_renderer` instance. + +You won't typically need to call `.render()` yourself, as it's handled by Django's standard response cycle. + [cite]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/template-response/ [statuscodes]: status-codes.md |