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| -rwxr-xr-x | docs/api-guide/generic-views.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/api-guide/serializers.md | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/api-guide/viewsets.md | 2 |
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md index 20b9440b..cd1bc7a1 100755 --- a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The following attributes control the basic view behavior. * `queryset` - The queryset that should be used for returning objects from this view. Typically, you must either set this attribute, or override the `get_queryset()` method. * `serializer_class` - The serializer class that should be used for validating and deserializing input, and for serializing output. Typically, you must either set this attribute, or override the `get_serializer_class()` method. -* `lookup_field` - The field that should be used to lookup individual model instances. Defaults to `'pk'`. The URL conf should include a keyword argument corresponding to this value. More complex lookup styles can be supported by overriding the `get_object()` method. +* `lookup_field` - The field that should be used to lookup individual model instances. Defaults to `'pk'`. The URL conf should include a keyword argument corresponding to this value. More complex lookup styles can be supported by overriding the `get_object()` method. Note that when using hyperlinked APIs you'll need to ensure that *both* the API views *and* the serializer classes use lookup fields that correctly correspond with the URL conf. **Shortcuts**: @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ You may want to override this method to provide more complex behavior such as mo For example: def get_paginate_by(self): - self.request.accepted_renderer.format == 'html': + if self.request.accepted_renderer.format == 'html': return 20 return 100 diff --git a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md index 44ee7e39..4c02d530 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Declaring a serializer looks very similar to declaring a form: an existing model instance, or create a new model instance. """ if instance is not None: - instance.title = attrs.get('title', instance.title) + instance.email = attrs.get('email', instance.email) instance.content = attrs.get('content', instance.content) instance.created = attrs.get('created', instance.created) return instance @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ There needs to be a way of determining which views should be used for hyperlinki By default hyperlinks are expected to correspond to a view name that matches the style `'{model_name}-detail'`, and looks up the instance by a `pk` keyword argument. -You can change the field that is used for object lookups by setting the `lookup_field` option. The value of this option should correspond both with a kwarg in the URL conf, and with an field on the model. For example: +You can change the field that is used for object lookups by setting the `lookup_field` option. The value of this option should correspond both with a kwarg in the URL conf, and with a field on the model. For example: class AccountSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer): class Meta: @@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ You can change the field that is used for object lookups by setting the `lookup_ fields = ('url', 'account_name', 'users', 'created') lookup_field = 'slug' +Not that the `lookup_field` will be used as the default on *all* hyperlinked fields, including both the URL identity, and any hyperlinked relationships. + For more specfic requirements such as specifying a different lookup for each field, you'll want to set the fields on the serializer explicitly. For example: class AccountSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer): diff --git a/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md b/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md index 2783da98..79257e2a 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md @@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ To create a base viewset class that provides `create`, `list` and `retrieve` ope mixins.ListMixin, mixins.RetrieveMixin, viewsets.GenericViewSet): - pass - """ A viewset that provides `retrieve`, `update`, and `list` actions. |