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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/routers.md b/docs/api-guide/routers.md index 929a1710..592f7d66 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/routers.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/routers.md @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ There are two mandatory arguments to the `register()` method: Optionally, you may also specify an additional argument: -* `base_name` - The base to use for the URL names that are created. If unset the basename will be automatically generated based on the `model` or `queryset` attribute on the viewset, if it has one. Note that if the viewset does not include a `model` or `queryset` attribute then you must set `base_name` when registering the viewset. +* `base_name` - The base to use for the URL names that are created. If unset the basename will be automatically generated based on the `queryset` attribute of the viewset, if it has one. Note that if the viewset does not include a `queryset` attribute then you must set `base_name` when registering the viewset. The example above would generate the following URL patterns: @@ -49,6 +49,38 @@ This means you'll need to explicitly set the `base_name` argument when registeri --- +### Using `include` with routers + +The `.urls` attribute on a router instance is simply a standard list of URL patterns. There are a number of different styles for how you can include these URLs. + +For example, you can append `router.urls` to a list of existing views… + + router = routers.SimpleRouter() + router.register(r'users', UserViewSet) + router.register(r'accounts', AccountViewSet) + + urlpatterns = [ + url(r'^forgot-password/$', ForgotPasswordFormView.as_view()), + ] + + urlpatterns += router.urls + +Alternatively you can use Django's `include` function, like so… + + urlpatterns = [ + url(r'^forgot-password/$', ForgotPasswordFormView.as_view()), + url(r'^', include(router.urls)), + ] + +Router URL patterns can also be namespaces. + + urlpatterns = [ + url(r'^forgot-password/$', ForgotPasswordFormView.as_view()), + url(r'^api/', include(router.urls, namespace='api')), + ] + +If using namespacing with hyperlinked serializers you'll also need to ensure that any `view_name` parameters on the serializers correctly reflect the namespace. In the example above you'd need to include a parameter such as `view_name='api:user-detail'` for serializer fields hyperlinked to the user detail view. + ### Extra link and actions Any methods on the viewset decorated with `@detail_route` or `@list_route` will also be routed. @@ -68,6 +100,24 @@ The following URL pattern would additionally be generated: * URL pattern: `^users/{pk}/set_password/$` Name: `'user-set-password'` +If you do not want to use the default URL generated for your custom action, you can instead use the url_path parameter to customize it. + +For example, if you want to change the URL for our custom action to `^users/{pk}/change-password/$`, you could write: + + from myapp.permissions import IsAdminOrIsSelf + from rest_framework.decorators import detail_route + + class UserViewSet(ModelViewSet): + ... + + @detail_route(methods=['post'], permission_classes=[IsAdminOrIsSelf], url_path='change-password') + def set_password(self, request, pk=None): + ... + +The above example would now generate the following URL pattern: + +* URL pattern: `^users/{pk}/change-password/$` Name: `'user-change-password'` + For more information see the viewset documentation on [marking extra actions for routing][route-decorators]. # API Guide |