Some cleanup

djangorestframework/mixins.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from djangorestframework.renderers import BaseRenderer
 from djangorestframework.resources import Resource, FormResource, ModelResource
 from djangorestframework.response import Response, ImmediateResponse
 from djangorestframework.request import Request
-from djangorestframework.utils import as_tuple, allowed_methods
 
 
 __all__ = (

djangorestframework/request.py

@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ The wrapped request then offers a richer API, in particular :
     - form overloading of HTTP method, content type and content
 """
 
-from django.http import HttpRequest
-
 from djangorestframework.response import ImmediateResponse
 from djangorestframework import status
-from djangorestframework.utils.mediatypes import is_form_media_type, order_by_precedence
+from djangorestframework.utils.mediatypes import is_form_media_type
 from djangorestframework.utils import as_tuple
 
 from StringIO import StringIO

djangorestframework/response.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Response(SimpleTemplateResponse):
     An HttpResponse that may include content that hasn't yet been serialized.
 
     Kwargs:
-        - content(object). The raw content, not yet serialized. This must be simple Python \
+        - content(object). The raw content, not yet serialized. This must be simple Python
         data that renderers can handle (e.g.: `dict`, `str`, ...)
         - renderers(list/tuple). The renderers to use for rendering the response content.
     """

djangorestframework/tests/mixins.py

@@ -281,6 +281,6 @@ class TestPagination(TestCase):
         paginated URLs. So page 1 should contain ?page=2, not ?page=1&page=2 """
         request = self.req.get('/paginator/?page=1')
         response = MockPaginatorView.as_view()(request)
-        content = json.loads(response.content)
+        content = json.loads(response.rendered_content)
         self.assertTrue('page=2' in content['next'])
         self.assertFalse('page=1' in content['next'])

djangorestframework/views.py

@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ By setting or modifying class attributes on your view, you change it's predefine
 
 import re
 from django.core.urlresolvers import set_script_prefix, get_script_prefix
-from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 
 from djangorestframework.compat import View as DjangoView, apply_markdown
-from djangorestframework.response import Response, ImmediateResponse
+from djangorestframework.response import ImmediateResponse
 from djangorestframework.mixins import *
 from djangorestframework.utils import allowed_methods
 from djangorestframework import resources, renderers, parsers, authentication, permissions, status
@@ -163,6 +162,9 @@ class View(ResourceMixin, RequestMixin, ResponseMixin, AuthMixin, DjangoView):
         return description
 
     def markup_description(self, description):
+        """
+        Apply HTML markup to the description of this view.
+        """
         if apply_markdown:
             description = apply_markdown(description)
         else:
@@ -171,11 +173,13 @@ class View(ResourceMixin, RequestMixin, ResponseMixin, AuthMixin, DjangoView):
 
     def http_method_not_allowed(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         """
-        Return an HTTP 405 error if an operation is called which does not have a handler method.
+        Return an HTTP 405 error if an operation is called which does not have
+        a handler method.
         """
-        raise ImmediateResponse(
-                {'detail': 'Method \'%s\' not allowed on this resource.' % request.method},
-            status=status.HTTP_405_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED)
+        content = {
+            'detail': "Method '%s' not allowed on this resource." % request.method
+        }
+        raise ImmediateResponse(content, status.HTTP_405_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED)
 
     def initial(self, request, *args, **kargs):
         """
@@ -211,17 +215,12 @@ class View(ResourceMixin, RequestMixin, ResponseMixin, AuthMixin, DjangoView):
     # all other authentication is CSRF exempt.
     @csrf_exempt
     def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.request = request
+        self.request = self.create_request(request)
         self.args = args
         self.kwargs = kwargs
 
         try:
-            # Get a custom request, built form the original request instance
-            self.request = request = self.create_request(request)
-
-            # `initial` is the opportunity to temper with the request, 
-            # even completely replace it.
-            self.request = request = self.initial(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            self.initial(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
             # Authenticate and check request has the relevant permissions
             self._check_permissions()