django-rest-framework/rest_framework/metadata.py

"""
The metadata API is used to allow cusomization of how `OPTIONS` requests
are handled. We currently provide a single default implementation that returns
some fairly ad-hoc information about the view.

Future implementations might use JSON schema or other definations in order
to return this information in a more standardized way.
"""
from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
from django.http import Http404
from rest_framework import exceptions, serializers
from rest_framework.compat import force_text, OrderedDict
from rest_framework.request import clone_request
from rest_framework.utils.field_mapping import ClassLookupDict


class BaseMetadata(object):
    def determine_metadata(self, request, view):
        """
        Return a dictionary of metadata about the view.
        Used to return responses for OPTIONS requests.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError(".determine_metadata() must be overridden.")


class SimpleMetadata(BaseMetadata):
    """
    This is the default metadata implementation.
    It returns an ad-hoc set of information about the view.
    There are not any formalized standards for `OPTIONS` responses
    for us to base this on.
    """
    label_lookup = ClassLookupDict({
        serializers.Field: 'field',
        serializers.BooleanField: 'boolean',
        serializers.CharField: 'string',
        serializers.URLField: 'url',
        serializers.EmailField: 'email',
        serializers.RegexField: 'regex',
        serializers.SlugField: 'slug',
        serializers.IntegerField: 'integer',
        serializers.FloatField: 'float',
        serializers.DecimalField: 'decimal',
        serializers.DateField: 'date',
        serializers.DateTimeField: 'datetime',
        serializers.TimeField: 'time',
        serializers.ChoiceField: 'choice',
        serializers.MultipleChoiceField: 'multiple choice',
        serializers.FileField: 'file upload',
        serializers.ImageField: 'image upload',
    })

    def determine_metadata(self, request, view):
        metadata = OrderedDict()
        metadata['name'] = view.get_view_name()
        metadata['description'] = view.get_view_description()
        metadata['renders'] = [renderer.media_type for renderer in view.renderer_classes]
        metadata['parses'] = [parser.media_type for parser in view.parser_classes]
        if hasattr(view, 'get_serializer'):
            actions = self.determine_actions(request, view)
            if actions:
                metadata['actions'] = actions
        return metadata

    def determine_actions(self, request, view):
        """
        For generic class based views we return information about
        the fields that are accepted for 'PUT' and 'POST' methods.
        """
        actions = {}
        for method in set(['PUT', 'POST']) & set(view.allowed_methods):
            view.request = clone_request(request, method)
            try:
                # Test global permissions
                if hasattr(view, 'check_permissions'):
                    view.check_permissions(view.request)
                # Test object permissions
                if method == 'PUT' and hasattr(view, 'get_object'):
                    view.get_object()
            except (exceptions.APIException, PermissionDenied, Http404):
                pass
            else:
                # If user has appropriate permissions for the view, include
                # appropriate metadata about the fields that should be supplied.
                serializer = view.get_serializer()
                actions[method] = self.get_serializer_info(serializer)
            finally:
                view.request = request

        return actions

    def get_serializer_info(self, serializer):
        """
        Given an instance of a serializer, return a dictionary of metadata
        about its fields.
        """
        return OrderedDict([
            (field_name, self.get_field_info(field))
            for field_name, field in serializer.fields.items()
        ])

    def get_field_info(self, field):
        """
        Given an instance of a serializer field, return a dictionary
        of metadata about it.
        """
        field_info = OrderedDict()
        field_info['type'] = self.label_lookup[field]
        field_info['required'] = getattr(field, 'required', False)

        for attr in ['read_only', 'label', 'help_text', 'min_length', 'max_length']:
            value = getattr(field, attr, None)
            if value is not None and value != '':
                field_info[attr] = force_text(value, strings_only=True)

        if hasattr(field, 'choices'):
            field_info['choices'] = [
                {'value': choice_value, 'display_name': choice_name}
                for choice_value, choice_name in field.choices.items()
            ]

        return field_info