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diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index d51233a9..853e6461 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -8,16 +8,79 @@ from django.http import Http404
from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
from rest_framework import status, exceptions
-from rest_framework.compat import View, HttpResponseBase
+from rest_framework.compat import smart_text, HttpResponseBase, View
from rest_framework.request import Request
from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
-from rest_framework.utils.formatting import get_view_name, get_view_description
+from rest_framework.utils import formatting
+
+
+def get_view_name(view_cls, suffix=None):
+ """
+ Given a view class, return a textual name to represent the view.
+ This name is used in the browsable API, and in OPTIONS responses.
+
+ This function is the default for the `VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION` setting.
+ """
+ name = view_cls.__name__
+ name = formatting.remove_trailing_string(name, 'View')
+ name = formatting.remove_trailing_string(name, 'ViewSet')
+ name = formatting.camelcase_to_spaces(name)
+ if suffix:
+ name += ' ' + suffix
+
+ return name
+
+def get_view_description(view_cls, html=False):
+ """
+ Given a view class, return a textual description to represent the view.
+ This name is used in the browsable API, and in OPTIONS responses.
+
+ This function is the default for the `VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION` setting.
+ """
+ description = view_cls.__doc__ or ''
+ description = formatting.dedent(smart_text(description))
+ if html:
+ return formatting.markup_description(description)
+ return description
+
+
+def exception_handler(exc):
+ """
+ Returns the response that should be used for any given exception.
+
+ By default we handle the REST framework `APIException`, and also
+ Django's builtin `Http404` and `PermissionDenied` exceptions.
+
+ Any unhandled exceptions may return `None`, which will cause a 500 error
+ to be raised.
+ """
+ if isinstance(exc, exceptions.APIException):
+ headers = {}
+ if getattr(exc, 'auth_header', None):
+ headers['WWW-Authenticate'] = exc.auth_header
+ if getattr(exc, 'wait', None):
+ headers['X-Throttle-Wait-Seconds'] = '%d' % exc.wait
+
+ return Response({'detail': exc.detail},
+ status=exc.status_code,
+ headers=headers)
+
+ elif isinstance(exc, Http404):
+ return Response({'detail': 'Not found'},
+ status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+
+ elif isinstance(exc, PermissionDenied):
+ return Response({'detail': 'Permission denied'},
+ status=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
+
+ # Note: Unhandled exceptions will raise a 500 error.
+ return None
class APIView(View):
- settings = api_settings
+ # The following policies may be set at either globally, or per-view.
renderer_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES
parser_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES
authentication_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES
@@ -25,6 +88,9 @@ class APIView(View):
permission_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES
content_negotiation_class = api_settings.DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION_CLASS
+ # Allow dependancy injection of other settings to make testing easier.
+ settings = api_settings
+
@classmethod
def as_view(cls, **initkwargs):
"""
@@ -110,6 +176,22 @@ class APIView(View):
'request': getattr(self, 'request', None)
}
+ def get_view_name(self):
+ """
+ Return the view name, as used in OPTIONS responses and in the
+ browsable API.
+ """
+ func = self.settings.VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION
+ return func(self.__class__, getattr(self, 'suffix', None))
+
+ def get_view_description(self, html=False):
+ """
+ Return some descriptive text for the view, as used in OPTIONS responses
+ and in the browsable API.
+ """
+ func = self.settings.VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION
+ return func(self.__class__, html)
+
# API policy instantiation methods
def get_format_suffix(self, **kwargs):
@@ -269,33 +351,23 @@ class APIView(View):
Handle any exception that occurs, by returning an appropriate response,
or re-raising the error.
"""
- if isinstance(exc, exceptions.Throttled) and exc.wait is not None:
- # Throttle wait header
- self.headers['X-Throttle-Wait-Seconds'] = '%d' % exc.wait
-
if isinstance(exc, (exceptions.NotAuthenticated,
exceptions.AuthenticationFailed)):
# WWW-Authenticate header for 401 responses, else coerce to 403
auth_header = self.get_authenticate_header(self.request)
if auth_header:
- self.headers['WWW-Authenticate'] = auth_header
+ exc.auth_header = auth_header
else:
exc.status_code = status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
- if isinstance(exc, exceptions.APIException):
- return Response({'detail': exc.detail},
- status=exc.status_code,
- exception=True)
- elif isinstance(exc, Http404):
- return Response({'detail': 'Not found'},
- status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
- exception=True)
- elif isinstance(exc, PermissionDenied):
- return Response({'detail': 'Permission denied'},
- status=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
- exception=True)
- raise
+ response = self.settings.EXCEPTION_HANDLER(exc)
+
+ if response is None:
+ raise
+
+ response.exception = True
+ return response
# Note: session based authentication is explicitly CSRF validated,
# all other authentication is CSRF exempt.
@@ -342,16 +414,12 @@ class APIView(View):
Return a dictionary of metadata about the view.
Used to return responses for OPTIONS requests.
"""
-
- # This is used by ViewSets to disambiguate instance vs list views
- view_name_suffix = getattr(self, 'suffix', None)
-
# By default we can't provide any form-like information, however the
# generic views override this implementation and add additional
# information for POST and PUT methods, based on the serializer.
ret = SortedDict()
- ret['name'] = get_view_name(self.__class__, view_name_suffix)
- ret['description'] = get_view_description(self.__class__)
+ ret['name'] = self.get_view_name()
+ ret['description'] = self.get_view_description()
ret['renders'] = [renderer.media_type for renderer in self.renderer_classes]
ret['parses'] = [parser.media_type for parser in self.parser_classes]
return ret