Adding request param to get_view_description and get_view_name in views module methods and functions

docs/api-guide/settings.md

@@ -313,10 +313,11 @@ A string representing the function that should be used when generating view name
 
 This should be a function with the following signature:
 
-    view_name(cls, suffix=None)
+    view_name(cls, suffix=None, request=None)
 
 * `cls`: The view class.  Typically the name function would inspect the name of the class when generating a descriptive name, by accessing `cls.__name__`.
 * `suffix`: The optional suffix used when differentiating individual views in a viewset.
+* `request`: The request object (if exists).  The name function can inspect the request to decide how to generate the name.
 
 Default: `'rest_framework.views.get_view_name'`
 
@@ -328,10 +329,11 @@ This setting can be changed to support markup styles other than the default mark
 
 This should be a function with the following signature:
 
-    view_description(cls, html=False)
+    view_description(cls, html=False, request=None)
 
 * `cls`: The view class.  Typically the description function would inspect the docstring of the class when generating a description, by accessing `cls.__doc__`
 * `html`: A boolean indicating if HTML output is required.  `True` when used in the browsable API, and `False` when used in generating `OPTIONS` responses.
+* `request`: The request object (if exists).  The description function can inspect the request to decide how to generate the description.
 
 Default: `'rest_framework.views.get_view_description'`
 

rest_framework/renderers.py

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import copy
 import json
+import inspect
+import warnings
 from django import forms
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.http.multipartparser import parse_header
@@ -562,11 +564,25 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
 
             return GenericContentForm()
 
-    def get_name(self, view):
+    def get_name(self, view, request):
+        if len(inspect.getargspec(view.get_view_name).args) == 1:
+            warnings.warn(
+                'The `APIView.get_view_name` without `request` argument is deprecated.'
+                'Add a `request` argument to your `APIView.get_view_name`.',
+                PendingDeprecationWarning
+            )
             return view.get_view_name()
+        return view.get_view_name(request)
 
-    def get_description(self, view):
+    def get_description(self, view, request):
+        if len(inspect.getargspec(view.get_view_description).args) == 2:
+            warnings.warn(
+                'The `APIView.get_view_description` without `request` argument is deprecated.'
+                'Add a `request` argument to your `APIView.get_view_description`.',
+                PendingDeprecationWarning
+            )
             return view.get_view_description(html=True)
+        return view.get_view_description(html=True, request=request)
 
     def get_breadcrumbs(self, request):
         return get_breadcrumbs(request.path)
@@ -585,13 +601,33 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         raw_data_patch_form = self.get_raw_data_form(view, 'PATCH', request)
         raw_data_put_or_patch_form = raw_data_put_form or raw_data_patch_form
 
+        if len(inspect.getargspec(self.get_description).args) == 2:
+            warnings.warn(
+                'The `BrowsableAPIRenderer.get_description` without `request` argument is deprecated.'
+                'Add a `request` argument to your `BrowsableAPIRenderer.get_description`.',
+                PendingDeprecationWarning
+            )
+            description = self.get_description(view)
+        else:
+            description = self.get_description(view, request)
+
+        if len(inspect.getargspec(self.get_name).args) == 2:
+            warnings.warn(
+                'The `BrowsableAPIRenderer.get_name` without `request` argument is deprecated.'
+                'Add a `request` argument to your `BrowsableAPIRenderer.get_name`.',
+                PendingDeprecationWarning
+            )
+            name = self.get_name(view)
+        else:
+            name = self.get_name(view, request)
+
         context = {
             'content': self.get_content(renderer, data, accepted_media_type, renderer_context),
             'view': view,
             'request': request,
             'response': response,
-            'description': self.get_description(view),
-            'name': self.get_name(view),
+            'description': description,
+            'name': name,
             'version': VERSION,
             'breadcrumblist': self.get_breadcrumbs(request),
             'allowed_methods': view.allowed_methods,

rest_framework/views.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Provides an APIView class that is the base of all views in REST framework.
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import inspect
+import warnings
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework.utils import formatting
 
 
-def get_view_name(view_cls, suffix=None):
+def get_view_name(view_cls, suffix=None, request=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.
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ def get_view_name(view_cls, suffix=None):
 
     return name
 
-def get_view_description(view_cls, html=False):
+def get_view_description(view_cls, html=False, request=None):
     """
     Given a view class, return a textual description to represent the view.
     This name is used in the browsable API, and in OPTIONS responses.
@@ -176,21 +178,35 @@ class APIView(View):
             'request': getattr(self, 'request', None)
         }
 
-    def get_view_name(self):
+    def get_view_name(self, request=None):
         """
         Return the view name, as used in OPTIONS responses and in the
         browsable API.
         """
         func = self.settings.VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION
+        if len(inspect.getargspec(func).args) == 2:
+            warnings.warn(
+                'The `VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION` without `request` argument is deprecated.'
+                'Add a `request` argument to your `VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION`.',
+                PendingDeprecationWarning
+            )
             return func(self.__class__, getattr(self, 'suffix', None))
+        return func(self.__class__, getattr(self, 'suffix', None), request)
 
-    def get_view_description(self, html=False):
+    def get_view_description(self, html=False, request=None):
         """
         Return some descriptive text for the view, as used in OPTIONS responses
         and in the browsable API.
         """
         func = self.settings.VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION
+        if len(inspect.getargspec(func).args) == 2:
+            warnings.warn(
+                'The `VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION` without `request` argument is deprecated.'
+                'Add a `request` argument to your `VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION`.',
+                PendingDeprecationWarning
+            )
             return func(self.__class__, html)
+        return func(self.__class__, html, request)
 
     # API policy instantiation methods
 
@@ -418,8 +434,8 @@ class APIView(View):
         # generic views override this implementation and add additional
         # information for POST and PUT methods, based on the serializer.
         ret = SortedDict()
-        ret['name'] = self.get_view_name()
-        ret['description'] = self.get_view_description()
+        ret['name'] = self.get_view_name(request)
+        ret['description'] = self.get_view_description(False, request)
         ret['renders'] = [renderer.media_type for renderer in self.renderer_classes]
         ret['parses'] = [parser.media_type for parser in self.parser_classes]
         return ret