From 3063a50fc20f0bfb7308e668cf083c5ae0876dac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edmond Wong Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:03:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Allow OPTIONS to retrieve PUT field metadata on empty objects This allows OPTIONS to return the PUT endpoint's object serializer metadata when the object hasn't been created yet. --- rest_framework/generics.py | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/rest_framework/generics.py b/rest_framework/generics.py index 14feed204..4d909ef1c 100644 --- a/rest_framework/generics.py +++ b/rest_framework/generics.py @@ -356,8 +356,13 @@ class GenericAPIView(views.APIView): self.check_permissions(cloned_request) # Test object permissions if method == 'PUT': - self.get_object() - except (exceptions.APIException, PermissionDenied, Http404): + try: + self.get_object() + except Http404: + # Http404 should be acceptable and the serializer + # metadata should be populated. + pass + except (exceptions.APIException, PermissionDenied): pass else: # If user has appropriate permissions for the view, include