Modified the get_context method of the AdminRenderer to add urls to data from ModelSerializer.

rest_framework/renderers.py

@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ from rest_framework.compat import (
 )
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
 from rest_framework.request import is_form_media_type, override_method
+from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
-from rest_framework.utils import encoders
+from rest_framework.utils import encoders, model_meta
 from rest_framework.utils.breadcrumbs import get_breadcrumbs
-from rest_framework.utils.field_mapping import ClassLookupDict
+from rest_framework.utils.field_mapping import (
+    ClassLookupDict, get_detail_view_name
+)
 
 
 def zero_as_none(value):
@@ -730,10 +733,13 @@ class AdminRenderer(BrowsableAPIRenderer):
 
         return ret
 
-    def get_context(self, data, accepted_media_type, renderer_context):
+    def get_context(self, data, accepted_media_type, renderer_context, reverse_func=None):
         """
         Render the HTML for the browsable API representation.
         """
+        if not reverse_func:
+            reverse_func = reverse
+
         context = super(AdminRenderer, self).get_context(
             data, accepted_media_type, renderer_context
         )
@@ -757,6 +763,31 @@ class AdminRenderer(BrowsableAPIRenderer):
             header = results
             style = 'detail'
 
+        if style == 'list' and results:
+            serializer_class = getattr(context['view'], 'serializer_class', None)
+            fields = getattr(serializer_class.Meta, 'fields', None)
+
+            if issubclass(serializer_class, serializers.ModelSerializer) and fields \
+               and 'url' not in fields:
+                request = context['request']
+
+                def add_url(item):
+                    info = model_meta.get_field_info(serializer_class.Meta.model)
+                    pk = None
+
+                    for field_name, field in info.fields_and_pk.items():
+                        if field.primary_key and (field_name in item):
+                            pk = item[field_name]
+
+                    if pk:
+                        view_name = get_detail_view_name(serializer_class.Meta.model)
+                        url = reverse_func(view_name, kwargs={'pk': pk}, request=request)
+                        item['url'] = url
+
+                    return item
+
+                results = [add_url(result) for result in results]
+
         columns = [key for key in header.keys() if key != 'url']
         details = [key for key in header.keys() if key != 'url']
 

tests/test_renderers.py

@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from rest_framework import permissions, serializers, status
 from rest_framework.renderers import (
-    BaseRenderer, BrowsableAPIRenderer, HTMLFormRenderer, JSONRenderer
+    AdminRenderer, BaseRenderer, BrowsableAPIRenderer, HTMLFormRenderer,
+    JSONRenderer
 )
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
+from tests.utils import mock_reverse
 
 DUMMYSTATUS = status.HTTP_200_OK
 DUMMYCONTENT = 'dummycontent'
@@ -42,6 +44,12 @@ class DummyTestModel(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=42, default='')
 
 
+class DummySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = DummyTestModel
+        fields = ('pk', 'name',)
+
+
 class BasicRendererTests(TestCase):
     def test_expected_results(self):
         for value, renderer_cls, expected in expected_results:
@@ -103,6 +111,12 @@ class HTMLView1(APIView):
     def get(self, request, **kwargs):
         return Response('text')
 
+
+class AdminRendererView(APIView):
+    renderer_classes = (AdminRenderer, JSONRenderer)
+    serializer_class = DummySerializer
+
+
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^.*\.(?P<format>.+)$', MockView.as_view(renderer_classes=[RendererA, RendererB])),
     url(r'^$', MockView.as_view(renderer_classes=[RendererA, RendererB])),
@@ -111,6 +125,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^html$', HTMLView.as_view()),
     url(r'^html1$', HTMLView1.as_view()),
     url(r'^empty$', EmptyGETView.as_view()),
+    url(r'^admin_renderer$', AdminRendererView.as_view()),
     url(r'^api', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework'))
 ]
 
@@ -459,3 +474,19 @@ class TestHiddenFieldHTMLFormRenderer(TestCase):
         field = serializer['published']
         rendered = renderer.render_field(field, {})
         assert rendered == ''
+
+
+class TestAdminRenderer(TestCase):
+    def test_admin_renderer_adds_url(self):
+        """AdminRenderer should add a URL to the results if they come from a ModelSerializer"""
+        renderer = AdminRenderer()
+        data = [OrderedDict([('pk', 1), ('name', 'dummyname')])]
+        view = AdminRendererView()
+        request = view.initialize_request(APIRequestFactory().request())
+        context = {'view': view, 'request': request,
+                   'response': view.as_view()(request)}
+
+        rendered_context = renderer.get_context(data, 'text/html', context, reverse_func=mock_reverse)
+
+        results = rendered_context['results'][0]
+        assert results['url'] == 'http://example.org/dummytestmodel-detail/1/'