Merge a14602b01f into fc70c0862f

docs/api-guide/settings.md

@@ -253,6 +253,12 @@ The name of a URL parameter that may be used to override the default `Accept` he
 
 Default: `'format'`
 
+#### SHOW_FORM
+
+Show the form in the BrowsableAPIRenderer.
+
+Default: `True`
+
 ---
 
 ## Date and time formatting

rest_framework/renderers.py

@@ -510,8 +510,11 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
 
     def show_form_for_method(self, view, method, request, obj):
         """
-        Returns True if a form should be shown for this method.
+        Returns True if a form should be shown for this method, or can be show at all.
         """
+        if not api_settings.SHOW_FORM:
+            return False
+
         if method not in view.allowed_methods:
             return  # Not a valid method
 

rest_framework/settings.py

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     'FORM_CONTENTTYPE_OVERRIDE': '_content_type',
     'URL_ACCEPT_OVERRIDE': 'accept',
     'URL_FORMAT_OVERRIDE': 'format',
+    'SHOW_FORM': True,
 
     'FORMAT_SUFFIX_KWARG': 'format',
     'URL_FIELD_NAME': 'url',