From 5b11e23f6fb35834057fba35832a597ce443cc77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Burgel Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 17:41:29 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add docs for collection routes --- docs/api-guide/viewsets.md | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md b/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md index 47e59e2b2..9fa6615ba 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md @@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ The default routers included with REST framework will provide routes for a stand def destroy(self, request, pk=None): pass -If you have ad-hoc methods that you need to be routed to, you can mark them as requiring routing using the `@link` or `@action` decorators. The `@link` decorator will route `GET` requests, and the `@action` decorator will route `POST` requests. +If you have ad-hoc methods that you need to be routed to, you can mark them as requiring routing using the `@collection_link`, `@collection_action`, `@link`, or `@action` decorators. The `@collection_link` and `@link` decorator will route `GET` requests, and the `@collection_action` and `@action` decorator will route `POST` requests. + +The `@link` and `@action` decorators contain `pk` in their URL pattern and are intended for methods which require a single instance. The `@collection_link` and `@collection_action` decorators are intended for methods which operate on a collection of objects. For example: @@ -121,13 +123,20 @@ For example: return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST) -The `@action` and `@link` decorators can additionally take extra arguments that will be set for the routed view only. For example... + @collection_link() + def recent_users(self, request): + recent_users = User.objects.all().order('-last_login') + page = self.paginate_queryset(recent_users) + serializer = self.get_pagination_serializer(page) + return Response(serializer.data) + +The decorators can additionally take extra arguments that will be set for the routed view only. For example... @action(permission_classes=[IsAdminOrIsSelf]) def set_password(self, request, pk=None): ... -The `@action` decorator will route `POST` requests by default, but may also accept other HTTP methods, by using the `method` argument. For example: +The `@collection_action` and `@action` decorators will route `POST` requests by default, but may also accept other HTTP methods, by using the `method` argument. For example: @action(methods=['POST', 'DELETE']) def unset_password(self, request, pk=None):