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+<a class="github" href="settings.py"></a>
+
+# Settings
+
+> Namespaces are one honking great idea - let's do more of those!
+>
+> &mdash; [The Zen of Python][cite]
+
+Configuration for REST framework is all namespaced inside a single Django setting, named `REST_FRAMEWORK`.
+
+For example your project's `settings.py` file might include something like this:
+
+    REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+        'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
+            'rest_framework.renderers.YAMLRenderer',
+        )
+        'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
+            'rest_framework.parsers.YAMLParser',
+        )
+    }
+
+## Accessing settings
+
+If you need to access the values of REST framework's API settings in your project,
+you should use the `api_settings` object.  For example.
+
+    from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+    
+    print api_settings.DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES
+
+The `api_settings` object will check for any user-defined settings, and otherwise fallback to the default values.  Any setting that uses string import paths to refer to a class will automatically import and return the referenced class, instead of the string literal.
+
+---
+
+# API Reference
+
+## DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES
+
+A list or tuple of renderer classes, that determines the default set of renderers that may be used when returning a `Response` object.
+
+Default:
+
+    (
+        'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',
+        'rest_framework.renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer',
+        'rest_framework.renderers.TemplateHTMLRenderer'
+    )
+
+## DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES
+
+A list or tuple of parser classes, that determines the default set of parsers used when accessing the `request.DATA` property.
+
+Default:
+
+    (
+        'rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser',
+        'rest_framework.parsers.FormParser'
+    )
+
+## DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES
+
+A list or tuple of authentication classes, that determines the default set of authenticators used when accessing the `request.user` or `request.auth` properties.
+
+Default:
+
+    (
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.UserBasicAuthentication'
+    )
+
+## DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES
+
+A list or tuple of permission classes, that determines the default set of permissions checked at the start of a view.
+
+Default:
+
+    (
+        'rest_framework.permissions.AllowAny',
+    )
+
+## DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES
+
+A list or tuple of throttle classes, that determines the default set of throttles checked at the start of a view.
+
+Default: `()`
+
+## DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER_CLASS
+
+**TODO**
+
+Default: `rest_framework.serializers.ModelSerializer`
+
+## DEFAULT_PAGINATION_SERIALIZER_CLASS
+
+**TODO**
+
+Default: `rest_framework.pagination.PaginationSerializer`
+
+## FORMAT_SUFFIX_KWARG
+
+**TODO**
+
+Default: `'format'`
+
+## UNAUTHENTICATED_USER
+
+The class that should be used to initialize `request.user` for unauthenticated requests.
+
+Default: `django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser`
+
+## UNAUTHENTICATED_TOKEN
+
+The class that should be used to initialize `request.auth` for unauthenticated requests.
+
+Default: `None`
+
+## FORM_METHOD_OVERRIDE
+
+The name of a form field that may be used to override the HTTP method of the form.
+
+If the value of this setting is `None` then form method overloading will be disabled.
+
+Default: `'_method'`
+
+## FORM_CONTENT_OVERRIDE
+
+The name of a form field that may be used to override the content of the form payload.  Must be used together with `FORM_CONTENTTYPE_OVERRIDE`.
+
+If either setting is `None` then form content overloading will be disabled.
+
+Default: `'_content'`
+
+## FORM_CONTENTTYPE_OVERRIDE
+
+The name of a form field that may be used to override the content type of the form payload.  Must be used together with `FORM_CONTENT_OVERRIDE`.
+
+If either setting is `None` then form content overloading will be disabled.
+
+Default: `'_content_type'`
+
+## URL_ACCEPT_OVERRIDE
+
+The name of a URL parameter that may be used to override the HTTP `Accept` header.
+
+If the value of this setting is `None` then URL accept overloading will be disabled.
+
+Default: `'accept'`
+
+## URL_FORMAT_OVERRIDE
+
+Default: `'format'`
+
+[cite]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/