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# Settings
> Namespaces are one honking great idea - let's do more of those!
>
> &mdash; [The Zen of Python][cite]
Configuration for REST framework is all namespaced inside a single Django setting, named `REST_FRAMEWORK`.
For example your project's `settings.py` file might include something like this:
REST_FRAMEWORK = {
'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
'rest_framework.renderers.YAMLRenderer',
),
'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
'rest_framework.parsers.YAMLParser',
)
}
## Accessing settings
If you need to access the values of REST framework's API settings in your project,
you should use the `api_settings` object. For example.
from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
print api_settings.DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES
The `api_settings` object will check for any user-defined settings, and otherwise fallback to the default values. Any setting that uses string import paths to refer to a class will automatically import and return the referenced class, instead of the string literal.
---
# API Reference
## DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES
A list or tuple of renderer classes, that determines the default set of renderers that may be used when returning a `Response` object.
Default:
(
'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',
'rest_framework.renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer',
'rest_framework.renderers.TemplateHTMLRenderer'
)
## DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES
A list or tuple of parser classes, that determines the default set of parsers used when accessing the `request.DATA` property.
Default:
(
'rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser',
'rest_framework.parsers.FormParser'
)
## DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES
A list or tuple of authentication classes, that determines the default set of authenticators used when accessing the `request.user` or `request.auth` properties.
Default:
(
'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
'rest_framework.authentication.UserBasicAuthentication'
)
## DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES
A list or tuple of permission classes, that determines the default set of permissions checked at the start of a view.
Default:
(
'rest_framework.permissions.AllowAny',
)
## DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES
A list or tuple of throttle classes, that determines the default set of throttles checked at the start of a view.
Default: `()`
## DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER_CLASS
**TODO**
Default: `rest_framework.serializers.ModelSerializer`
## DEFAULT_PAGINATION_SERIALIZER_CLASS
**TODO**
Default: `rest_framework.pagination.PaginationSerializer`
## FILTER_BACKEND
The filter backend class that should be used for generic filtering. If set to `None` then generic filtering is disabled.
## PAGINATE_BY
The default page size to use for pagination. If set to `None`, pagination is disabled by default.
Default: `None`
## PAGINATE_BY_KWARG
The name of a query parameter, which can be used by the client to overide the default page size to use for pagination. If set to `None`, clients may not override the default page size.
Default: `None`
## UNAUTHENTICATED_USER
The class that should be used to initialize `request.user` for unauthenticated requests.
Default: `django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser`
## UNAUTHENTICATED_TOKEN
The class that should be used to initialize `request.auth` for unauthenticated requests.
Default: `None`
## FORM_METHOD_OVERRIDE
The name of a form field that may be used to override the HTTP method of the form.
If the value of this setting is `None` then form method overloading will be disabled.
Default: `'_method'`
## FORM_CONTENT_OVERRIDE
The name of a form field that may be used to override the content of the form payload. Must be used together with `FORM_CONTENTTYPE_OVERRIDE`.
If either setting is `None` then form content overloading will be disabled.
Default: `'_content'`
## FORM_CONTENTTYPE_OVERRIDE
The name of a form field that may be used to override the content type of the form payload. Must be used together with `FORM_CONTENT_OVERRIDE`.
If either setting is `None` then form content overloading will be disabled.
Default: `'_content_type'`
## URL_ACCEPT_OVERRIDE
The name of a URL parameter that may be used to override the HTTP `Accept` header.
If the value of this setting is `None` then URL accept overloading will be disabled.
Default: `'accept'`
## URL_FORMAT_OVERRIDE
Default: `'format'`
## FORMAT_SUFFIX_KWARG
**TODO**
Default: `'format'`
[cite]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/