Add settings options to enable/disable permissions check in schema generation

rest_framework/schemas.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from rest_framework import exceptions, serializers
 from rest_framework.compat import coreapi, uritemplate, urlparse
 from rest_framework.request import clone_request
+from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
 
@@ -88,10 +89,11 @@ class SchemaGenerator(object):
 
             if request is not None:
                 view.request = clone_request(request, method)
-                try:
-                    view.check_permissions(view.request)
-                except exceptions.APIException:
-                    continue
+                if api_settings.SCHEMA_CHECK_PERMISSIONS:
+                    try:
+                        view.check_permissions(view.request)
+                    except exceptions.APIException:
+                        continue
             else:
                 view.request = None
 

rest_framework/settings.py

@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     'EXCEPTION_HANDLER': 'rest_framework.views.exception_handler',
     'NON_FIELD_ERRORS_KEY': 'non_field_errors',
 
+    # Schema generation
+    'SCHEMA_CHECK_PERMISSIONS': True,
+
     # Testing
     'TEST_REQUEST_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.renderers.MultiPartRenderer',