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| 19 | + |
| 20 | +# Django REST framework 3.12 |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +REST framework 3.12 brings a handful of refinements to the OpenAPI schema |
| 23 | +generation, plus support for Django's new database-agnostic `JSONField`, |
| 24 | +and some improvements to the `SearchFilter` class. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +## Grouping operations with tags. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +Open API schemas will now automatically include tags, based on the first element |
| 29 | +in the URL path. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +For example... |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +Method | Path | Tags |
| 34 | +--------------------------------|-----------------|------------- |
| 35 | +`GET`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE` | `/users/{id}/` | `['users']` |
| 36 | +`GET`, `POST` | `/users/` | `['users']` |
| 37 | +`GET`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE` | `/orders/{id}/` | `['orders']` |
| 38 | +`GET`, `POST` | `/orders/` | `['orders']` |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +The tags used for a particular view may also be overridden... |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +```python |
| 43 | +class MyOrders(APIView): |
| 44 | + schema = AutoSchema(tags=['users', 'orders']) |
| 45 | + ... |
| 46 | +``` |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +See [the schema documentation](https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/schemas/#grouping-operations-with-tags) for more information. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +## Customizing the operation ID. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +REST framework automatically determines operation IDs to use in OpenAPI |
| 53 | +schemas. The latest version provides more control for overriding the behaviour |
| 54 | +used to generate the operation IDs. |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +See [the schema documentation](https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/schemas/#operationid) for more information. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +## Support for OpenAPI components. |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +In order to output more graceful OpenAPI schemes, REST framework 3.12 now |
| 61 | +defines components in the schema, and then references them inside request |
| 62 | +and response objects. This is in contrast with the previous approach, which |
| 63 | +fully expanded the request and response bodies for each operation. |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +The names used for a component default to using the serializer class name, [but |
| 66 | +may be overridden if needed](https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/schemas/#components |
| 67 | +)... |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +```python |
| 70 | +class MyOrders(APIView): |
| 71 | + schema = AutoSchema(component_name="OrderDetails") |
| 72 | +``` |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +## More Public API |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +Many methods on the `AutoSchema` class have now been promoted to public API, |
| 77 | +allowing you to more fully customize the schema generation. The following methods |
| 78 | +are now available for overriding... |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +* `get_path_parameters` |
| 81 | +* `get_pagination_parameters` |
| 82 | +* `get_filter_parameters` |
| 83 | +* `get_request_body` |
| 84 | +* `get_responses` |
| 85 | +* `get_serializer` |
| 86 | +* `get_paginator` |
| 87 | +* `map_serializer` |
| 88 | +* `map_field` |
| 89 | +* `map_choice_field` |
| 90 | +* `map_field_validators` |
| 91 | +* `allows_filters`. |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +See [the schema docs](https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/schemas/#per-view-customization) |
| 94 | +for details on using custom `AutoSchema` subclasses. |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +## Support for JSONField. |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +Django 3.1 deprecated the existing `django.contrib.postgres.fields.JSONField` |
| 99 | +in favour of a new database-agnositic `JSONField`. |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +REST framework 3.12 now supports this new model field, and `ModelSerializer` |
| 102 | +classes will correctly map the model field. |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +## SearchFilter improvements |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +There are a couple of significant improvements to the `SearchFilter` class. |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +### Nested searches against JSONField and HStoreField |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +The class now supports nested search within `JSONField` and `HStoreField`, using |
| 111 | +the double underscore notation for traversing which element of the field the |
| 112 | +search should apply to. |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +```python |
| 115 | +class SitesSearchView(generics.ListAPIView): |
| 116 | + """ |
| 117 | + An API view to return a list of archaeological sites, optionally filtered |
| 118 | + by a search against the site name or location. (Location searches are |
| 119 | + matched against the region and country names.) |
| 120 | + """ |
| 121 | + queryset = Sites.objects.all() |
| 122 | + serializer_class = SitesSerializer |
| 123 | + filter_backends = [filters.SearchFilter] |
| 124 | + search_fields = ['site_name', 'location__region', 'location__country'] |
| 125 | +``` |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +### Searches against annotate fields |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +Django allows querysets to create additional virtual fields, using the `.annotate` |
| 130 | +method. We now support searching against annotate fields. |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +```python |
| 133 | +class PublisherSearchView(generics.ListAPIView): |
| 134 | + """ |
| 135 | + Search for publishers, optionally filtering the search against the average |
| 136 | + rating of all their books. |
| 137 | + """ |
| 138 | + queryset = Publisher.objects.annotate(avg_rating=Avg('book__rating')) |
| 139 | + serializer_class = PublisherSerializer |
| 140 | + filter_backends = [filters.SearchFilter] |
| 141 | + search_fields = ['avg_rating'] |
| 142 | +``` |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | +--- |
| 145 | + |
| 146 | +## Funding |
| 147 | + |
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| 169 | +[funding]: funding.md |
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