""" Settings for REST framework are all namespaced in the REST_FRAMEWORK setting. For example your project's `settings.py` file might look like this: REST_FRAMEWORK = { 'DEFAULT_RENDERERS': ( 'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer', 'rest_framework.renderers.YAMLRenderer', ) 'DEFAULT_PARSERS': ( 'rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser', 'rest_framework.parsers.YAMLParser', ) } This module provides the `api_setting` object, that is used to access REST framework settings, checking for user settings first, then falling back to the defaults. """ from django.conf import settings from django.utils import importlib DEFAULTS = { 'DEFAULT_RENDERERS': ( 'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer', 'rest_framework.renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer', ), 'DEFAULT_PARSERS': ( 'rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser', 'rest_framework.parsers.FormParser', 'rest_framework.parsers.MultiPartParser' ), 'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION': ( 'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication', 'rest_framework.authentication.UserBasicAuthentication' ), 'DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS': (), 'DEFAULT_THROTTLES': (), 'DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION': 'rest_framework.negotiation.DefaultContentNegotiation', 'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES': { 'user': None, 'anon': None, }, 'MODEL_SERIALIZER': 'rest_framework.serializers.ModelSerializer', 'PAGINATION_SERIALIZER': 'rest_framework.pagination.PaginationSerializer', 'PAGINATE_BY': None, 'UNAUTHENTICATED_USER': 'django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser', 'UNAUTHENTICATED_TOKEN': None, 'FORM_METHOD_OVERRIDE': '_method', 'FORM_CONTENT_OVERRIDE': '_content', 'FORM_CONTENTTYPE_OVERRIDE': '_content_type', 'URL_ACCEPT_OVERRIDE': 'accept', 'URL_FORMAT_OVERRIDE': 'format', 'FORMAT_SUFFIX_KWARG': 'format' } # List of settings that may be in string import notation. IMPORT_STRINGS = ( 'DEFAULT_RENDERERS', 'DEFAULT_PARSERS', 'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION', 'DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS', 'DEFAULT_THROTTLES', 'DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION', 'MODEL_SERIALIZER', 'PAGINATION_SERIALIZER', 'UNAUTHENTICATED_USER', 'UNAUTHENTICATED_TOKEN', ) def perform_import(val, setting): """ If the given setting is a string import notation, then perform the necessary import or imports. """ if val is None or not setting in IMPORT_STRINGS: return val if isinstance(val, basestring): return import_from_string(val, setting) elif isinstance(val, (list, tuple)): return [import_from_string(item, setting) for item in val] return val def import_from_string(val, setting): """ Attempt to import a class from a string representation. """ try: # Nod to tastypie's use of importlib. parts = val.split('.') module_path, class_name = '.'.join(parts[:-1]), parts[-1] module = importlib.import_module(module_path) return getattr(module, class_name) except: msg = "Could not import '%s' for API setting '%s'" % (val, setting) raise ImportError(msg) class APISettings(object): """ A settings object, that allows API settings to be accessed as properties. For example: from rest_framework.settings import api_settings print api_settings.DEFAULT_RENDERERS Any setting with string import paths will be automatically resolved and return the class, rather than the string literal. """ def __getattr__(self, attr): if attr not in DEFAULTS.keys(): raise AttributeError("Invalid API setting: '%s'" % attr) try: # Check if present in user settings val = perform_import(settings.REST_FRAMEWORK[attr], attr) except (AttributeError, KeyError): # Fall back to defaults val = perform_import(DEFAULTS[attr], attr) # Cache the result setattr(self, attr, val) return val api_settings = APISettings()