Catch and mask ParseErrors that occur during rendering of the BrowsableAPI.

rest_framework/renderers.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from rest_framework.compat import StringIO
 from rest_framework.compat import six
 from rest_framework.compat import smart_text
 from rest_framework.compat import yaml
+from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework.request import is_form_media_type, override_method
 from rest_framework.utils import encoders
@@ -420,8 +421,12 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         In the absence of the View having an associated form then return None.
         """
         if request.method == method:
-            data = request.DATA
-            files = request.FILES
+            try:
+                data = request.DATA
+                files = request.FILES
+            except ParseError:
+                data = None
+                files = None        
         else:
             data = None
             files = None

rest_framework/request.py

@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class Request(object):
             # If we get an exception during parsing, fill in empty data and
             # re-raise.  Ensures we don't simply repeat the error when
             # attempting to render the browsable renderer response, or when
-            # logging the request or similar. 
+            # logging the request or similar.
             self._data = QueryDict('', self._request._encoding)
             self._files = MultiValueDict()
             raise

rest_framework/tests/test_renderers.py

@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ class MockGETView(APIView):
         return Response({'foo': ['bar', 'baz']})
 
 
+class MockPOSTView(APIView):
+
+    def post(self, request, **kwargs):
+        return Response({'foo': request.DATA})
+
+
 class HTMLView(APIView):
     renderer_classes = (BrowsableAPIRenderer, )
 
@@ -88,7 +94,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^cache$', MockGETView.as_view()),
     url(r'^jsonp/jsonrenderer$', MockGETView.as_view(renderer_classes=[JSONRenderer, JSONPRenderer])),
     url(r'^jsonp/nojsonrenderer$', MockGETView.as_view(renderer_classes=[JSONPRenderer])),
-    url(r'^parseerror$', MockGETView.as_view(renderer_classes=[JSONRenderer, BrowsableAPIRenderer])),
+    url(r'^parseerror$', MockPOSTView.as_view(renderer_classes=[JSONRenderer, BrowsableAPIRenderer])),
     url(r'^html$', HTMLView.as_view()),
     url(r'^html1$', HTMLView1.as_view()),
     url(r'^api', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework'))
@@ -224,8 +230,8 @@ class RendererEndToEndTests(TestCase):
         """Invalid data should still render the browsable API correctly."""
         resp = self.client.post('/parseerror', data='foobar', content_type='application/json', HTTP_ACCEPT='text/html')
         self.assertEqual(resp['Content-Type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
-        self.assertContains(resp.content, 'Mock GET View')
-        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_400_)
+        self.assertIn('Mock Post', resp.content)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
 _flat_repr = '{"foo": ["bar", "baz"]}'
 _indented_repr = '{\n  "foo": [\n    "bar",\n    "baz"\n  ]\n}'