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diff --git a/docs/topics/2.4-accouncement.md b/docs/topics/2.4-accouncement.md index cdc99bd5..709a5c96 100644 --- a/docs/topics/2.4-accouncement.md +++ b/docs/topics/2.4-accouncement.md @@ -1,4 +1,111 @@ -* List/detail routes. -* 1.3 Support dropped, install six for <=1.4.?. +# REST framework 2.4 announcement + +The 2.4 release is largely an intermediate step, tying up some outstanding issues prior to the 3.x series. + +## Version requirements + +Support for Django 1.3 has been dropped. +The lowest supported version of Django is now 1.4.2. + +The current plan is for REST framework to remain in lockstep with [Django's long-term support policy][lts-releases]. + +## Django 1.7 support + +The optional authtoken application now includes support for *both* Django 1.7 schema migrations, *and* for old-style `south` migrations. + +**If you are using authtoken, and you want to continue using `south`, you must upgrade your `south` package to version 1.0.** + +## Updated test runner + +We now have a new test runner for developing against the project,, that uses the excellent [py.test](http://pytest.org) library. + +To use it make sure you have first installed the test requirements. + + pip install -r requirements-test.txt + +Then run the `runtests.py` script. + + ./runtests.py + +The new test runner also includes [flake8](https://flake8.readthedocs.org) code linting, which should help keep our coding style consistent. + +#### Test runner flags + +Run using a more concise output style. + + ./runtests -q + +Run the tests using a more concise output style, no coverage, no flake8. + + ./runtests --fast + +Don't run the flake8 code linting. + + ./runtests --nolint + +Only run the flake8 code linting, don't run the tests. + + ./runtests --lintonly + +Run the tests for a given test case. + + ./runtests MyTestCase + +Run the tests for a given test method. + + ./runtests MyTestCase.test_this_method + +Shorter form to run the tests for a given test method. + + ./runtests test_this_method + +Note: The test case and test method matching is fuzzy and will sometimes run other tests that contain a partial string match to the given command line input. + +## Improved viewset routing + +The `@action` and `@link` decorators were inflexible in that they only allowed additional routes to be added against instance style URLs, not against list style URLs. + +The `@action` and `@link` decorators have now been moved to pending deprecation, and the `@list_route` and `@detail_route` decroators have been introduced. + +Here's an example of using the new decorators. Firstly we have a detail-type route named "set_password" that acts on a single instance, and takes a `pk` argument in the URL. Secondly we have a list-type route named "recent_users" that acts on a queryset, and does not take any arguments in the URL. + + class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet): + """ + A viewset that provides the standard actions + """ + queryset = User.objects.all() + serializer_class = UserSerializer + + @detail_route(methods=['post']) + def set_password(self, request, pk=None): + user = self.get_object() + serializer = PasswordSerializer(data=request.DATA) + if serializer.is_valid(): + user.set_password(serializer.data['password']) + user.save() + return Response({'status': 'password set'}) + else: + return Response(serializer.errors, + status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST) + + @list_route() + def recent_users(self, request): + recent_users = User.objects.all().order('-last_login') + page = self.paginate_queryset(recent_users) + serializer = self.get_pagination_serializer(page) + return Response(serializer.data) + +For more details, see the [viewsets](../api-guide/viewsets.md) documentation. + +## Other features + +## Deprecations + +## Labels and milestones + +TODO + * `allow_none` for char fields * `trailing_slash = True` --> `[^/]`, `trailing_slash = False` --> `[^/.]`, becomes simply `[^/]` and `lookup_value_regex` is added. + +[lts-releases]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/release-process/#long-term-support-lts-releases
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