From 62415b352e3916bb59192b7fc6f61ab3273d6b41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carlton Gibson Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:45:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add comment as per feedback from @tomchristie --- docs/api-guide/exceptions.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/api-guide/exceptions.md b/docs/api-guide/exceptions.md index dc1294ff8..d0fc4beaa 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/exceptions.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/exceptions.md @@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ By default this exception results in a response with the HTTP status code "400 B # Generic Error Views Django REST Framework provides two error views suitable for providing generic JSON `500` Server Error and -`400` Bad Request responses. +`400` Bad Request responses. (Django's default error views provide HTML responses, which may not be appropriate for an +API-only application.) Use these as per [Django's Customizing error views documentation][django-custom-error-views].