diff --git a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md index ac690bdc0..59afc2b9f 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ If successfully authenticated, `SessionAuthentication` provides the following cr Unauthenticated responses that are denied permission will result in an `HTTP 403 Forbidden` response. -If you're using an AJAX style API with SessionAuthentication, you'll need to make sure you include a valid CSRF token for any "unsafe" HTTP method calls, such as `PUT`, `POST` or `DELETE` requests. See the [Django CSRF documentation][csrf-ajax] for more details. +If you're using an AJAX style API with SessionAuthentication, you'll need to make sure you include a valid CSRF token for any "unsafe" HTTP method calls, such as `PUT`, `PATCH`, `POST` or `DELETE` requests. See the [Django CSRF documentation][csrf-ajax] for more details. # Custom authentication @@ -190,9 +190,27 @@ Typically the approach you should take is: * If authentication is not attempted, return `None`. Any other authentication schemes also in use will still be checked. * If authentication is attempted but fails, raise a `AuthenticationFailed` exception. An error response will be returned immediately, without checking any other authentication schemes. -You *may* also override the `.authentication_header(self, request)` method. If implemented, it should return a string that will be used as the value of the `WWW-Authenticate` header in a `HTTP 401 Unauthorized` response. +You *may* also override the `.authenticate_header(self, request)` method. If implemented, it should return a string that will be used as the value of the `WWW-Authenticate` header in a `HTTP 401 Unauthorized` response. -If the `.authentication_header()` method is not overridden, the authentication scheme will return `HTTP 403 Forbidden` responses when an unauthenticated request is denied access. +If the `.authenticate_header()` method is not overridden, the authentication scheme will return `HTTP 403 Forbidden` responses when an unauthenticated request is denied access. + +## Example + +The following example will authenticate any incoming request as the user given by the username in a custom request header named 'X_USERNAME'. + + class ExampleAuthentication(authentication.BaseAuthentication): + def has_permission(self, request, view, obj=None): + username = request.META.get('X_USERNAME') + if not username: + return None + + try: + user = User.objects.get(username=username) + except User.DoesNotExist: + raise authenticate.AuthenticationFailed('No such user') + + return (user, None) + [cite]: http://jacobian.org/writing/rest-worst-practices/ [http401]: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.2 diff --git a/docs/api-guide/fields.md b/docs/api-guide/fields.md index 5bc8f7f7c..3f8a36e2a 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/fields.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/fields.md @@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ A date and time representation. Corresponds to `django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField` +When using `ModelSerializer` or `HyperlinkedModelSerializer`, note that any model fields with `auto_now=True` or `auto_now_add=True` will use serializer fields that are `read_only=True` by default. + +If you want to override this behavior, you'll need to declare the `DateTimeField` explicitly on the serializer. For example: + + class CommentSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer): + created = serializers.DateTimeField() + + class Meta: + model = Comment + ## IntegerField An integer representation. @@ -230,7 +240,9 @@ Signature and validation is the same as with `FileField`. --- **Note:** `FileFields` and `ImageFields` are only suitable for use with MultiPartParser, since e.g. json doesn't support file uploads. -Django's regular [FILE_UPLOAD_HANDLERS] are used for handling uploaded files. +Django's regular [FILE_UPLOAD_HANDLERS] are used for handling uploaded files. + +--- [cite]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/forms/api/#django.forms.Form.cleaned_data [FILE_UPLOAD_HANDLERS]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-FILE_UPLOAD_HANDLERS diff --git a/docs/api-guide/permissions.md b/docs/api-guide/permissions.md index fce68f6db..1814b8110 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/permissions.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/permissions.md @@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ To implement a custom permission, override `BasePermission` and implement the `. The method should return `True` if the request should be granted access, and `False` otherwise. +## Example + +The following is an example of a permission class that checks the incoming request's IP address against a blacklist, and denies the request if the IP has been blacklisted. + + class BlacklistPermission(permissions.BasePermission): + def has_permission(self, request, view, obj=None): + ip_addr = request.META['REMOTE_ADDR'] + blacklisted = Blacklist.objects.filter(ip_addr=ip_addr).exists() + return not blacklisted [cite]: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/security/Conceptual/AuthenticationAndAuthorizationGuide/Authorization/Authorization.html [authentication]: authentication.md diff --git a/docs/api-guide/relations.md b/docs/api-guide/relations.md index 351b5e09e..9f5a04b2d 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/relations.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/relations.md @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ For example, given the following models: And a model serializer defined like this: class BookmarkSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer): - tags = serializers.ManyRelatedField(source='tags') + tags = serializers.ManyRelatedField() class Meta: model = Bookmark diff --git a/docs/api-guide/renderers.md b/docs/api-guide/renderers.md index b4f7ec3d4..4c1fdc53b 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/renderers.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/renderers.md @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Renders the request data into `JSONP`. The `JSONP` media type provides a mechan The javascript callback function must be set by the client including a `callback` URL query parameter. For example `http://example.com/api/users?callback=jsonpCallback`. If the callback function is not explicitly set by the client it will default to `'callback'`. -**Note**: If you require cross-domain AJAX requests, you may also want to consider using [CORS] as an alternative to `JSONP`. +**Note**: If you require cross-domain AJAX requests, you may want to consider using the more modern approach of [CORS][cors] as an alternative to `JSONP`. See the [CORS documentation][cors-docs] for more details. **.media_type**: `application/javascript` @@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ Comma-separated values are a plain-text tabular data format, that can be easily [cite]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/template-response/#the-rendering-process [conneg]: content-negotiation.md [browser-accept-headers]: http://www.gethifi.com/blog/browser-rest-http-accept-headers -[CORS]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-origin_resource_sharing +[cors]: http://www.w3.org/TR/cors/ +[cors-docs]: ../topics/ajax-csrf-cors.md [HATEOAS]: http://timelessrepo.com/haters-gonna-hateoas [quote]: http://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/2008/rest-apis-must-be-hypertext-driven [application/vnd.github+json]: http://developer.github.com/v3/media/ diff --git a/docs/api-guide/requests.md b/docs/api-guide/requests.md index 72932f5d6..39a34fcfb 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/requests.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/requests.md @@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ You won't typically need to access this property. # Browser enhancements -REST framework supports a few browser enhancements such as browser-based `PUT` and `DELETE` forms. +REST framework supports a few browser enhancements such as browser-based `PUT`, `PATCH` and `DELETE` forms. ## .method `request.method` returns the **uppercased** string representation of the request's HTTP method. -Browser-based `PUT` and `DELETE` forms are transparently supported. +Browser-based `PUT`, `PATCH` and `DELETE` forms are transparently supported. For more information see the [browser enhancements documentation]. diff --git a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md index d98a602f7..487502e9a 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md @@ -190,18 +190,12 @@ By default field values are treated as mapping to an attribute on the object. I As an example, let's create a field that can be used represent the class name of the object being serialized: - class ClassNameField(serializers.WritableField): + class ClassNameField(serializers.Field): def field_to_native(self, obj, field_name): """ - Serialize the object's class name, not an attribute of the object. + Serialize the object's class name. """ - return obj.__class__.__name__ - - def field_from_native(self, data, field_name, into): - """ - We don't want to set anything when we revert this field. - """ - pass + return obj.__class__ --- diff --git a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md index b03bc9e04..923593bcc 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md @@ -150,8 +150,16 @@ User requests to either `ContactListView` or `ContactDetailView` would be restri # Custom throttles -To create a custom throttle, override `BaseThrottle` and implement `.allow_request(request, view)`. The method should return `True` if the request should be allowed, and `False` otherwise. +To create a custom throttle, override `BaseThrottle` and implement `.allow_request(self, request, view)`. The method should return `True` if the request should be allowed, and `False` otherwise. Optionally you may also override the `.wait()` method. If implemented, `.wait()` should return a recommended number of seconds to wait before attempting the next request, or `None`. The `.wait()` method will only be called if `.allow_request()` has previously returned `False`. +## Example + +The following is an example of a rate throttle, that will randomly throttle 1 in every 10 requests. + + class RandomRateThrottle(throttles.BaseThrottle): + def allow_request(self, request, view): + return random.randint(1, 10) == 1 + [permissions]: permissions.md diff --git a/docs/api-guide/views.md b/docs/api-guide/views.md index d1e42ec1c..574020f9b 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/views.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/views.md @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ The following methods are called before dispatching to the handler method. ## Dispatch methods The following methods are called directly by the view's `.dispatch()` method. -These perform any actions that need to occur before or after calling the handler methods such as `.get()`, `.post()`, `put()` and `.delete()`. +These perform any actions that need to occur before or after calling the handler methods such as `.get()`, `.post()`, `put()`, `patch()` and `.delete()`. ### .initial(self, request, \*args, **kwargs) diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 05c68b253..453a67b8a 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ The API guide is your complete reference manual to all the functionality provide General guides to using REST framework. +* [AJAX, CSRF & CORS][ajax-csrf-cors] * [Browser enhancements][browser-enhancements] * [The Browsable API][browsableapi] * [REST, Hypermedia & HATEOAS][rest-hypermedia-hateoas] @@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. [status]: api-guide/status-codes.md [settings]: api-guide/settings.md -[csrf]: topics/csrf.md +[ajax-csrf-cors]: topics/ajax-csrf-cors.md [browser-enhancements]: topics/browser-enhancements.md [browsableapi]: topics/browsable-api.md [rest-hypermedia-hateoas]: topics/rest-hypermedia-hateoas.md diff --git a/docs/template.html b/docs/template.html index d789cc582..2a87e92ba 100644 --- a/docs/template.html +++ b/docs/template.html @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
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