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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/api-guide/permissions.md | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/api-guide/routers.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/api-guide/settings.md | 6 |
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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md index 2ceb2d57..b1c4e65a 100755 --- a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md @@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ The following attributes control the basic view behavior. * `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**: - -* `model` - This shortcut may be used instead of setting either (or both) of the `queryset`/`serializer_class` attributes, although using the explicit style is generally preferred. If used instead of `serializer_class`, then `DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER_CLASS` setting will determine the base serializer class. Note that `model` is only ever used for generating a default queryset or serializer class - the `queryset` and `serializer_class` attributes are always preferred if provided. - **Pagination**: The following attributes are used to control pagination when used with list views. @@ -91,6 +87,10 @@ The following attributes are used to control pagination when used with list view * `filter_backends` - A list of filter backend classes that should be used for filtering the queryset. Defaults to the same value as the `DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS` setting. +**Deprecated attributes**: + +* `model` - This shortcut may be used instead of setting either (or both) of the `queryset`/`serializer_class` attributes. The explicit style is preferred over the `.model` shortcut, and usage of this attribute is now deprecated. + ### Methods **Base methods**: diff --git a/docs/api-guide/permissions.md b/docs/api-guide/permissions.md index 38ae3d0a..e867a456 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/permissions.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/permissions.md @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ This permission is suitable if you want to your API to allow read permissions to ## DjangoModelPermissions -This permission class ties into Django's standard `django.contrib.auth` [model permissions][contribauth]. When applied to a view that has a `.model` property, authorization will only be granted if the user *is authenticated* and has the *relevant model permissions* assigned. +This permission class ties into Django's standard `django.contrib.auth` [model permissions][contribauth]. This permission must only be applied to views that has a `.queryset` property set. Authorization will only be granted if the user *is authenticated* and has the *relevant model permissions* assigned. * `POST` requests require the user to have the `add` permission on the model. * `PUT` and `PATCH` requests require the user to have the `change` permission on the model. @@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ The default behaviour can also be overridden to support custom model permissions To use custom model permissions, override `DjangoModelPermissions` and set the `.perms_map` property. Refer to the source code for details. +#### Using with views that do not include a `queryset` attribute. + +If you're using this permission with a view that uses an overridden `get_queryset()` method there may not be a `queryset` attribute on the view. In this case we suggest also marking the view with a sential queryset, so that this class can determine the required permissions. For example: + + queryset = User.objects.none() # Required for DjangoModelPermissions + ## DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly Similar to `DjangoModelPermissions`, but also allows unauthenticated users to have read-only access to the API. @@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ Similar to `DjangoModelPermissions`, but also allows unauthenticated users to ha This permission class ties into Django's standard [object permissions framework][objectpermissions] that allows per-object permissions on models. In order to use this permission class, you'll also need to add a permission backend that supports object-level permissions, such as [django-guardian][guardian]. -When applied to a view that has a `.model` property, authorization will only be granted if the user *is authenticated* and has the *relevant per-object permissions* and *relevant model permissions* assigned. +As with `DjangoModelPermissions`, this permission must only be applied to views that have a `.queryset` property. Authorization will only be granted if the user *is authenticated* and has the *relevant per-object permissions* and *relevant model permissions* assigned. * `POST` requests require the user to have the `add` permission on the model instance. * `PUT` and `PATCH` requests require the user to have the `change` permission on the model instance. diff --git a/docs/api-guide/routers.md b/docs/api-guide/routers.md index 2d760ca4..61a476b8 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/routers.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/routers.md @@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ The example above would generate the following URL patterns: **Note**: The `base_name` argument is used to specify the initial part of the view name pattern. In the example above, that's the `user` or `account` part. -Typically you won't *need* to specify the `base-name` argument, but if you have a viewset where you've defined a custom `get_queryset` method, then the viewset may not have any `.model` or `.queryset` attribute set. If you try to register that viewset you'll see an error like this: +Typically you won't *need* to specify the `base-name` argument, but if you have a viewset where you've defined a custom `get_queryset` method, then the viewset may not have a `.queryset` attribute set. If you try to register that viewset you'll see an error like this: - 'base_name' argument not specified, and could not automatically determine the name from the viewset, as it does not have a '.model' or '.queryset' attribute. + 'base_name' argument not specified, and could not automatically determine the name from the viewset, as it does not have a '.queryset' attribute. This means you'll need to explicitly set the `base_name` argument when registering the viewset, as it could not be automatically determined from the model name. diff --git a/docs/api-guide/settings.md b/docs/api-guide/settings.md index 8bde4d87..27a09163 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/settings.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/settings.md @@ -100,12 +100,6 @@ Default: `'rest_framework.negotiation.DefaultContentNegotiation'` *The following settings control the behavior of the generic class based views.* -#### DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER_CLASS - -A class that determines the default type of model serializer that should be used by a generic view if `model` is specified, but `serializer_class` is not provided. - -Default: `'rest_framework.serializers.ModelSerializer'` - #### DEFAULT_PAGINATION_SERIALIZER_CLASS A class the determines the default serialization style for paginated responses. |