Keep API backwards compatible.

rest_framework/generics.py

@@ -47,14 +47,16 @@ class GenericAPIView(views.APIView):
 
         return serializer_class
 
-    def get_serializer(self, instance=None, data=None, files=None, partial=False):
+    def get_serializer(self, instance=None, data=None,
+                       files=None, partial=False):
         """
         Return the serializer instance that should be used for validating and
         deserializing input, and for serializing output.
         """
         serializer_class = self.get_serializer_class()
         context = self.get_serializer_context()
-        return serializer_class(instance, data=data, files=files, partial=partial, context=context)
+        return serializer_class(instance, data=data, files=files,
+                                partial=partial, context=context)
 
 
 class MultipleObjectAPIView(MultipleObjectMixin, GenericAPIView):
@@ -169,10 +171,11 @@ class UpdateAPIView(mixins.UpdateModelMixin,
     Concrete view for updating a model instance.
     """
     def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.update(request, partial=False, *args, **kwargs)
+        return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.update(request, partial=True, *args, **kwargs)
+        kwargs['partial'] = True
+        return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 class ListCreateAPIView(mixins.ListModelMixin,
@@ -212,10 +215,11 @@ class RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView(mixins.RetrieveModelMixin,
         return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.update(request, partial=False, *args, **kwargs)
+        return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.update(request, partial=True, *args, **kwargs)
+        kwargs['partial'] = True
+        return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)

rest_framework/mixins.py

@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ class CreateModelMixin(object):
     """
     def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.DATA, files=request.FILES)
+
         if serializer.is_valid():
             self.pre_save(serializer.object)
             self.object = serializer.save()
             headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
-            return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, headers=headers)
+            return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
+                            headers=headers)
+
         return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
     def get_success_headers(self, data):
@@ -81,21 +84,22 @@ class UpdateModelMixin(object):
     Update a model instance.
     Should be mixed in with `SingleObjectBaseView`.
     """
-    def update(self, request, partial=False, *args, **kwargs):
+    def update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        partial = kwargs.pop('partial', False)
         try:
             self.object = self.get_object()
-            created = False
+            success_status_code = status.HTTP_200_OK
         except Http404:
             self.object = None
-            created = True
+            success_status_code = status.HTTP_201_CREATED
 
-        serializer = self.get_serializer(self.object, data=request.DATA, files=request.FILES, partial=partial)
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(self.object, data=request.DATA,
+                                         files=request.FILES, partial=partial)
 
         if serializer.is_valid():
             self.pre_save(serializer.object)
             self.object = serializer.save()
-            status_code = created and status.HTTP_201_CREATED or status.HTTP_200_OK
-            return Response(serializer.data, status=status_code)
+            return Response(serializer.data, status=success_status_code)
 
         return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
@@ -115,7 +119,8 @@ class UpdateModelMixin(object):
 
         # Ensure we clean the attributes so that we don't eg return integer
         # pk using a string representation, as provided by the url conf kwarg.
-        obj.full_clean()
+        if hasattr(obj, 'full_clean'):
+            obj.full_clean()
 
 
 class DestroyModelMixin(object):