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diff --git a/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md b/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md index 6a11f0fa..ce07fe95 100644 --- a/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md +++ b/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md @@ -19,6 +19,21 @@ For example, given the following form: `request.method` would return `"DELETE"`. +## HTTP header based method overriding + +REST framework also supports method overriding via the semi-standard `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header. This can be useful if you are working with non-form content such as JSON and are working with an older web server and/or hosting provider that doesn't recognise particular HTTP methods such as `PATCH`. For example [Amazon Web Services ELB][aws_elb]. + +To use it, make a `POST` request, setting the `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header. + +For example, making a `PATCH` request via `POST` in jQuery: + + $.ajax({ + url: '/myresource/', + method: 'POST', + headers: {'X-HTTP-Method-Override': 'PATCH'}, + ... + }); + ## Browser based submission of non-form content Browser-based submission of content types other than form are supported by @@ -62,3 +77,4 @@ as well as how to support content types other than form-encoded data. [rails]: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/form_helpers.html#how-do-forms-with-put-or-delete-methods-work [html5]: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/#changes-2010-06-24 [put_delete]: http://amundsen.com/examples/put-delete-forms/ +[aws_elb]: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=400724 diff --git a/docs/topics/credits.md b/docs/topics/credits.md index b0f0cfa2..b533daa9 100644 --- a/docs/topics/credits.md +++ b/docs/topics/credits.md @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ The following people have helped make REST framework great. * Ian Dash - [bitmonkey] * Bouke Haarsma - [bouke] * Pierre Dulac - [dulaccc] +* Dave Kuhn - [kuhnza] Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to the project. @@ -256,3 +257,4 @@ You can also contact [@_tomchristie][twitter] directly on twitter. [bitmonkey]: https://github.com/bitmonkey [bouke]: https://github.com/bouke [dulaccc]: https://github.com/dulaccc +[kuhnza]: https://github.com/kuhnza diff --git a/docs/topics/release-notes.md b/docs/topics/release-notes.md index ac201e20..c45fff88 100644 --- a/docs/topics/release-notes.md +++ b/docs/topics/release-notes.md @@ -42,11 +42,19 @@ You can determine your currently installed version using `pip freeze`: ### Master +* `Serializer.save()` now supports arbitrary keyword args which are passed through to the object `.save()` method. Mixins use `force_insert` and `force_update` where appropriate, resulting in one less database query. + +### 2.2.4 + +**Date**: 13th March 2013 + * OAuth 2 support. * OAuth 1.0a support. +* Support X-HTTP-Method-Override header. * Filtering backends are now applied to the querysets for object lookups as well as lists. (Eg you can use a filtering backend to control which objects should 404) * Deal with error data nicely when deserializing lists of objects. * Extra override hook to configure `DjangoModelPermissions` for unauthenticated users. +* Bugfix: Fix regression which caused extra database query on paginated list views. * Bugfix: Fix pk relationship bug for some types of 1-to-1 relations. * Bugfix: Workaround for Django bug causing case where `Authtoken` could be registered for cascade delete from `User` even if not installed. |