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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/settings.md b/docs/api-guide/settings.md index 0be0eb24..fe7925a5 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/settings.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/settings.md @@ -274,6 +274,40 @@ Default: `['iso-8601']` --- +## View names and descriptions + +**The following settings are used to generate the view names and descriptions, as used in responses to `OPTIONS` requests, and as used in the browsable API.** + +#### VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION + +A string representing the function that should be used when generating view names. + +This should be a function with the following signature: + + view_name(cls, suffix=None) + +* `cls`: The view class. Typically the name function would inspect the name of the class when generating a descriptive name, by accessing `cls.__name__`. +* `suffix`: The optional suffix used when differentiating individual views in a viewset. + +Default: `'rest_framework.views.get_view_name'` + +#### VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION + +A string representing the function that should be used when generating view descriptions. + +This setting can be changed to support markup styles other than the default markdown. For example, you can use it to support `rst` markup in your view docstrings being output in the browsable API. + +This should be a function with the following signature: + + view_description(cls, html=False) + +* `cls`: The view class. Typically the description function would inspect the docstring of the class when generating a description, by accessing `cls.__doc__` +* `html`: A boolean indicating if HTML output is required. `True` when used in the browsable API, and `False` when used in generating `OPTIONS` responses. + +Default: `'rest_framework.views.get_view_description'` + +--- + ## Miscellaneous settings #### FORMAT_SUFFIX_KWARG |