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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Benedikt Franke <benedikt.franke@dlr.de>
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Florian Heinrich <florian.heinrich@dlr.de>
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

from logging import getLogger
from rest_framework.authentication import BasicAuthentication, SessionAuthentication, TokenAuthentication
from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
from rest_framework.viewsets import ViewSet as DjangoViewSet


class BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl(BasicAuthentication):
    """
    A class that extends the BasicAuthentication to allow token authentication in the URL.
    """

    def authenticate_credentials(self, userid_or_token, password, request=None):
        """
        Authenticate credentials against username/password or token.

        Basic Authentication:
        Authenticate the userid and password against username and password
        with optional request for context.

        Token Authentication over URL:
        Authenticate the given token against the token in the database.
        """
        # check if special token authentication is used
        if (len(userid_or_token) == 40 and password == ""):
            # tokens are always 40 characters long
            # see: rest_framework.authtoken.models.Token (class method: generate_key)
            #      which uses `binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(20)).decode()`
            return TokenAuthentication().authenticate_credentials(userid_or_token)

        # default Basic Authentication
        return super().authenticate_credentials(userid_or_token, password, request)


class ViewSet(DjangoViewSet):
    """
    A base ViewSet that includes default authentication and permission classes.

    This class allows the authentication and permission classes to be overwritten by the child class or the request
    method. To overwrite the authentication and permission classes for a specific request method, use the
    `@decorators.authentication_classes` and `@decorators.permission_classes` decorators from
    `rest_framework.decorators`.
    """

    _logger = getLogger("fl.server")

    # Note: BasicAuthentication is sensles here since it will and can't never be called due to
    #       BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl but is required for OpenAPI to work.
    # Also note that the order of BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl and BasicAuthentication is important
    # since if BasicAuthentication is first, Django won't ever call BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl!
    authentication_classes = [
        TokenAuthentication,
        BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl,
        BasicAuthentication,
        SessionAuthentication,
    ]
    """The authentication classes for the ViewSet."""
    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
    """The permission classes for the ViewSet."""

    def get_authenticators(self):
        """
        Get the authenticators for the ViewSet.

        This method gets the view method and, if it has authentication classes defined via the decorator, returns them.
        Otherwise, it falls back to the default authenticators.

        Returns:
            list: The authenticators for the ViewSet.
        """
        if method := self._get_view_method():
            if hasattr(method, "authentication_classes"):
                return method.authentication_classes
        return super().get_authenticators()

    def get_permissions(self):
        """
        Get the permissions for the ViewSet.

        This method gets the view method and, if it has permission classes defined via the decorator, returns them.
        Otherwise, it falls back to the default permissions.

        Returns:
            list: The permissions for the ViewSet.
        """
        if method := self._get_view_method():
            if hasattr(method, "permission_classes"):
                return method.permission_classes
        return super().get_permissions()

    def _get_view_method(self):
        """
        Get the view method for the ViewSet.

        This method gets the action or the HTTP method of the request and returns the corresponding method of the
        ViewSet, or `None` if no such method is found.

        Returns:
            Callable | None: The view method for the ViewSet, or `None` if no such method is found.
        """
        if hasattr(self, "action") and self.action is not None:
            return self.__getattribute__(self.action)
        if hasattr(self.request, "method") and self.request.method is not None:
            http_method = self.request.method.lower()
            if hasattr(self, http_method):
                return self.__getattribute__(http_method)
        return None

Classes

BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl

class BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl(
    /,
    *args,
    **kwargs
)

A class that extends the BasicAuthentication to allow token authentication in the URL.

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class BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl(BasicAuthentication):
    """
    A class that extends the BasicAuthentication to allow token authentication in the URL.
    """

    def authenticate_credentials(self, userid_or_token, password, request=None):
        """
        Authenticate credentials against username/password or token.

        Basic Authentication:
        Authenticate the userid and password against username and password
        with optional request for context.

        Token Authentication over URL:
        Authenticate the given token against the token in the database.
        """
        # check if special token authentication is used
        if (len(userid_or_token) == 40 and password == ""):
            # tokens are always 40 characters long
            # see: rest_framework.authtoken.models.Token (class method: generate_key)
            #      which uses `binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(20)).decode()`
            return TokenAuthentication().authenticate_credentials(userid_or_token)

        # default Basic Authentication
        return super().authenticate_credentials(userid_or_token, password, request)

Ancestors (in MRO)

  • rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication
  • rest_framework.authentication.BaseAuthentication

Class variables

www_authenticate_realm

Methods

authenticate

def authenticate(
    self,
    request
)

Returns a User if a correct username and password have been supplied

using HTTP Basic authentication. Otherwise returns None.

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    def authenticate(self, request):
        """
        Returns a `User` if a correct username and password have been supplied
        using HTTP Basic authentication.  Otherwise returns `None`.
        """
        auth = get_authorization_header(request).split()

        if not auth or auth[0].lower() != b'basic':
            return None

        if len(auth) == 1:
            msg = _('Invalid basic header. No credentials provided.')
            raise exceptions.AuthenticationFailed(msg)
        elif len(auth) > 2:
            msg = _('Invalid basic header. Credentials string should not contain spaces.')
            raise exceptions.AuthenticationFailed(msg)

        try:
            try:
                auth_decoded = base64.b64decode(auth[1]).decode('utf-8')
            except UnicodeDecodeError:
                auth_decoded = base64.b64decode(auth[1]).decode('latin-1')
            auth_parts = auth_decoded.partition(':')
        except (TypeError, UnicodeDecodeError, binascii.Error):
            msg = _('Invalid basic header. Credentials not correctly base64 encoded.')
            raise exceptions.AuthenticationFailed(msg)

        userid, password = auth_parts[0], auth_parts[2]
        return self.authenticate_credentials(userid, password, request)

authenticate_credentials

def authenticate_credentials(
    self,
    userid_or_token,
    password,
    request=None
)

Authenticate credentials against username/password or token.

Basic Authentication: Authenticate the userid and password against username and password with optional request for context.

Token Authentication over URL: Authenticate the given token against the token in the database.

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    def authenticate_credentials(self, userid_or_token, password, request=None):
        """
        Authenticate credentials against username/password or token.

        Basic Authentication:
        Authenticate the userid and password against username and password
        with optional request for context.

        Token Authentication over URL:
        Authenticate the given token against the token in the database.
        """
        # check if special token authentication is used
        if (len(userid_or_token) == 40 and password == ""):
            # tokens are always 40 characters long
            # see: rest_framework.authtoken.models.Token (class method: generate_key)
            #      which uses `binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(20)).decode()`
            return TokenAuthentication().authenticate_credentials(userid_or_token)

        # default Basic Authentication
        return super().authenticate_credentials(userid_or_token, password, request)

authenticate_header

def authenticate_header(
    self,
    request
)

Return a string to be used as the value of the WWW-Authenticate

header in a 401 Unauthenticated response, or None if the authentication scheme should return 403 Permission Denied responses.

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    def authenticate_header(self, request):
        return 'Basic realm="%s"' % self.www_authenticate_realm

ViewSet

class ViewSet(
    **kwargs
)

A base ViewSet that includes default authentication and permission classes.

This class allows the authentication and permission classes to be overwritten by the child class or the request method. To overwrite the authentication and permission classes for a specific request method, use the @decorators.authentication_classes and @decorators.permission_classes decorators from rest_framework.decorators.

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class ViewSet(DjangoViewSet):
    """
    A base ViewSet that includes default authentication and permission classes.

    This class allows the authentication and permission classes to be overwritten by the child class or the request
    method. To overwrite the authentication and permission classes for a specific request method, use the
    `@decorators.authentication_classes` and `@decorators.permission_classes` decorators from
    `rest_framework.decorators`.
    """

    _logger = getLogger("fl.server")

    # Note: BasicAuthentication is sensles here since it will and can't never be called due to
    #       BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl but is required for OpenAPI to work.
    # Also note that the order of BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl and BasicAuthentication is important
    # since if BasicAuthentication is first, Django won't ever call BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl!
    authentication_classes = [
        TokenAuthentication,
        BasicAuthAllowingTokenAuthInUrl,
        BasicAuthentication,
        SessionAuthentication,
    ]
    """The authentication classes for the ViewSet."""
    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
    """The permission classes for the ViewSet."""

    def get_authenticators(self):
        """
        Get the authenticators for the ViewSet.

        This method gets the view method and, if it has authentication classes defined via the decorator, returns them.
        Otherwise, it falls back to the default authenticators.

        Returns:
            list: The authenticators for the ViewSet.
        """
        if method := self._get_view_method():
            if hasattr(method, "authentication_classes"):
                return method.authentication_classes
        return super().get_authenticators()

    def get_permissions(self):
        """
        Get the permissions for the ViewSet.

        This method gets the view method and, if it has permission classes defined via the decorator, returns them.
        Otherwise, it falls back to the default permissions.

        Returns:
            list: The permissions for the ViewSet.
        """
        if method := self._get_view_method():
            if hasattr(method, "permission_classes"):
                return method.permission_classes
        return super().get_permissions()

    def _get_view_method(self):
        """
        Get the view method for the ViewSet.

        This method gets the action or the HTTP method of the request and returns the corresponding method of the
        ViewSet, or `None` if no such method is found.

        Returns:
            Callable | None: The view method for the ViewSet, or `None` if no such method is found.
        """
        if hasattr(self, "action") and self.action is not None:
            return self.__getattribute__(self.action)
        if hasattr(self.request, "method") and self.request.method is not None:
            http_method = self.request.method.lower()
            if hasattr(self, http_method):
                return self.__getattribute__(http_method)
        return None

Ancestors (in MRO)

  • rest_framework.viewsets.ViewSet
  • rest_framework.viewsets.ViewSetMixin
  • rest_framework.views.APIView
  • django.views.generic.base.View

Descendants

  • fl_server_api.views.group.Group
  • fl_server_api.views.inference.Inference
  • fl_server_api.views.model.Model
  • fl_server_api.views.training.Training
  • fl_server_api.views.user.User

Class variables

authentication_classes

The authentication classes for the ViewSet.

content_negotiation_class
http_method_names
metadata_class
parser_classes
permission_classes

The permission classes for the ViewSet.

renderer_classes
schema
settings
throttle_classes
versioning_class

Static methods

as_view

def as_view(
    actions=None,
    **initkwargs
)

Because of the way class based views create a closure around the

instantiated view, we need to totally reimplement .as_view, and slightly modify the view function that is created and returned.

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    @classonlymethod
    def as_view(cls, actions=None, **initkwargs):
        """
        Because of the way class based views create a closure around the
        instantiated view, we need to totally reimplement `.as_view`,
        and slightly modify the view function that is created and returned.
        """
        # The name and description initkwargs may be explicitly overridden for
        # certain route configurations. eg, names of extra actions.
        cls.name = None
        cls.description = None

        # The suffix initkwarg is reserved for displaying the viewset type.
        # This initkwarg should have no effect if the name is provided.
        # eg. 'List' or 'Instance'.
        cls.suffix = None

        # The detail initkwarg is reserved for introspecting the viewset type.
        cls.detail = None

        # Setting a basename allows a view to reverse its action urls. This
        # value is provided by the router through the initkwargs.
        cls.basename = None

        # actions must not be empty
        if not actions:
            raise TypeError("The `actions` argument must be provided when "
                            "calling `.as_view()` on a ViewSet. For example "
                            "`.as_view({'get': 'list'})`")

        # sanitize keyword arguments
        for key in initkwargs:
            if key in cls.http_method_names:
                raise TypeError("You tried to pass in the %s method name as a "
                                "keyword argument to %s(). Don't do that."
                                % (key, cls.__name__))
            if not hasattr(cls, key):
                raise TypeError("%s() received an invalid keyword %r" % (
                    cls.__name__, key))

        # name and suffix are mutually exclusive
        if 'name' in initkwargs and 'suffix' in initkwargs:
            raise TypeError("%s() received both `name` and `suffix`, which are "
                            "mutually exclusive arguments." % (cls.__name__))

        def view(request, *args, **kwargs):
            self = cls(**initkwargs)

            if 'get' in actions and 'head' not in actions:
                actions['head'] = actions['get']

            # We also store the mapping of request methods to actions,
            # so that we can later set the action attribute.
            # eg. `self.action = 'list'` on an incoming GET request.
            self.action_map = actions

            # Bind methods to actions
            # This is the bit that's different to a standard view
            for method, action in actions.items():
                handler = getattr(self, action)
                setattr(self, method, handler)

            self.request = request
            self.args = args
            self.kwargs = kwargs

            # And continue as usual
            return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

        # take name and docstring from class
        update_wrapper(view, cls, updated=())

        # and possible attributes set by decorators
        # like csrf_exempt from dispatch
        update_wrapper(view, cls.dispatch, assigned=())

        # We need to set these on the view function, so that breadcrumb
        # generation can pick out these bits of information from a
        # resolved URL.
        view.cls = cls
        view.initkwargs = initkwargs
        view.actions = actions
        return csrf_exempt(view)

get_extra_actions

def get_extra_actions()

Get the methods that are marked as an extra ViewSet @action.

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    @classmethod
    def get_extra_actions(cls):
        """
        Get the methods that are marked as an extra ViewSet `@action`.
        """
        return [_check_attr_name(method, name)
                for name, method
                in getmembers(cls, _is_extra_action)]

Instance variables

allowed_methods

Wrap Django's private _allowed_methods interface in a public property.

default_response_headers

Methods

check_object_permissions

def check_object_permissions(
    self,
    request,
    obj
)

Check if the request should be permitted for a given object.

Raises an appropriate exception if the request is not permitted.

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    def check_object_permissions(self, request, obj):
        """
        Check if the request should be permitted for a given object.
        Raises an appropriate exception if the request is not permitted.
        """
        for permission in self.get_permissions():
            if not permission.has_object_permission(request, self, obj):
                self.permission_denied(
                    request,
                    message=getattr(permission, 'message', None),
                    code=getattr(permission, 'code', None)
                )

check_permissions

def check_permissions(
    self,
    request
)

Check if the request should be permitted.

Raises an appropriate exception if the request is not permitted.

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    def check_permissions(self, request):
        """
        Check if the request should be permitted.
        Raises an appropriate exception if the request is not permitted.
        """
        for permission in self.get_permissions():
            if not permission.has_permission(request, self):
                self.permission_denied(
                    request,
                    message=getattr(permission, 'message', None),
                    code=getattr(permission, 'code', None)
                )

check_throttles

def check_throttles(
    self,
    request
)

Check if request should be throttled.

Raises an appropriate exception if the request is throttled.

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    def check_throttles(self, request):
        """
        Check if request should be throttled.
        Raises an appropriate exception if the request is throttled.
        """
        throttle_durations = []
        for throttle in self.get_throttles():
            if not throttle.allow_request(request, self):
                throttle_durations.append(throttle.wait())

        if throttle_durations:
            # Filter out `None` values which may happen in case of config / rate
            # changes, see #1438
            durations = [
                duration for duration in throttle_durations
                if duration is not None
            ]

            duration = max(durations, default=None)
            self.throttled(request, duration)

determine_version

def determine_version(
    self,
    request,
    *args,
    **kwargs
)

If versioning is being used, then determine any API version for the

incoming request. Returns a two-tuple of (version, versioning_scheme)

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    def determine_version(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        If versioning is being used, then determine any API version for the
        incoming request. Returns a two-tuple of (version, versioning_scheme)
        """
        if self.versioning_class is None:
            return (None, None)
        scheme = self.versioning_class()
        return (scheme.determine_version(request, *args, **kwargs), scheme)

dispatch

def dispatch(
    self,
    request,
    *args,
    **kwargs
)

.dispatch() is pretty much the same as Django's regular dispatch,

but with extra hooks for startup, finalize, and exception handling.

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    def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        `.dispatch()` is pretty much the same as Django's regular dispatch,
        but with extra hooks for startup, finalize, and exception handling.
        """
        self.args = args
        self.kwargs = kwargs
        request = self.initialize_request(request, *args, **kwargs)
        self.request = request
        self.headers = self.default_response_headers  # deprecate?

        try:
            self.initial(request, *args, **kwargs)

            # Get the appropriate handler method
            if request.method.lower() in self.http_method_names:
                handler = getattr(self, request.method.lower(),
                                  self.http_method_not_allowed)
            else:
                handler = self.http_method_not_allowed

            response = handler(request, *args, **kwargs)

        except Exception as exc:
            response = self.handle_exception(exc)

        self.response = self.finalize_response(request, response, *args, **kwargs)
        return self.response

finalize_response

def finalize_response(
    self,
    request,
    response,
    *args,
    **kwargs
)

Returns the final response object.

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    def finalize_response(self, request, response, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Returns the final response object.
        """
        # Make the error obvious if a proper response is not returned
        assert isinstance(response, HttpResponseBase), (
            'Expected a `Response`, `HttpResponse` or `HttpStreamingResponse` '
            'to be returned from the view, but received a `%s`'
            % type(response)
        )

        if isinstance(response, Response):
            if not getattr(request, 'accepted_renderer', None):
                neg = self.perform_content_negotiation(request, force=True)
                request.accepted_renderer, request.accepted_media_type = neg

            response.accepted_renderer = request.accepted_renderer
            response.accepted_media_type = request.accepted_media_type
            response.renderer_context = self.get_renderer_context()

        # Add new vary headers to the response instead of overwriting.
        vary_headers = self.headers.pop('Vary', None)
        if vary_headers is not None:
            patch_vary_headers(response, cc_delim_re.split(vary_headers))

        for key, value in self.headers.items():
            response[key] = value

        return response

get_authenticate_header

def get_authenticate_header(
    self,
    request
)

If a request is unauthenticated, determine the WWW-Authenticate

header to use for 401 responses, if any.

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    def get_authenticate_header(self, request):
        """
        If a request is unauthenticated, determine the WWW-Authenticate
        header to use for 401 responses, if any.
        """
        authenticators = self.get_authenticators()
        if authenticators:
            return authenticators[0].authenticate_header(request)

get_authenticators

def get_authenticators(
    self
)

Get the authenticators for the ViewSet.

This method gets the view method and, if it has authentication classes defined via the decorator, returns them. Otherwise, it falls back to the default authenticators.

Returns:

Type Description
list The authenticators for the ViewSet.
View Source
    def get_authenticators(self):
        """
        Get the authenticators for the ViewSet.

        This method gets the view method and, if it has authentication classes defined via the decorator, returns them.
        Otherwise, it falls back to the default authenticators.

        Returns:
            list: The authenticators for the ViewSet.
        """
        if method := self._get_view_method():
            if hasattr(method, "authentication_classes"):
                return method.authentication_classes
        return super().get_authenticators()

get_content_negotiator

def get_content_negotiator(
    self
)

Instantiate and return the content negotiation class to use.

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    def get_content_negotiator(self):
        """
        Instantiate and return the content negotiation class to use.
        """
        if not getattr(self, '_negotiator', None):
            self._negotiator = self.content_negotiation_class()
        return self._negotiator

get_exception_handler

def get_exception_handler(
    self
)

Returns the exception handler that this view uses.

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    def get_exception_handler(self):
        """
        Returns the exception handler that this view uses.
        """
        return self.settings.EXCEPTION_HANDLER

get_exception_handler_context

def get_exception_handler_context(
    self
)

Returns a dict that is passed through to EXCEPTION_HANDLER,

as the context argument.

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    def get_exception_handler_context(self):
        """
        Returns a dict that is passed through to EXCEPTION_HANDLER,
        as the `context` argument.
        """
        return {
            'view': self,
            'args': getattr(self, 'args', ()),
            'kwargs': getattr(self, 'kwargs', {}),
            'request': getattr(self, 'request', None)
        }

get_extra_action_url_map

def get_extra_action_url_map(
    self
)

Build a map of {names: urls} for the extra actions.

This method will noop if detail was not provided as a view initkwarg.

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    def get_extra_action_url_map(self):
        """
        Build a map of {names: urls} for the extra actions.

        This method will noop if `detail` was not provided as a view initkwarg.
        """
        action_urls = OrderedDict()

        # exit early if `detail` has not been provided
        if self.detail is None:
            return action_urls

        # filter for the relevant extra actions
        actions = [
            action for action in self.get_extra_actions()
            if action.detail == self.detail
        ]

        for action in actions:
            try:
                url_name = '%s-%s' % (self.basename, action.url_name)
                namespace = self.request.resolver_match.namespace
                if namespace:
                    url_name = '%s:%s' % (namespace, url_name)

                url = reverse(url_name, self.args, self.kwargs, request=self.request)
                view = self.__class__(**action.kwargs)
                action_urls[view.get_view_name()] = url
            except NoReverseMatch:
                pass  # URL requires additional arguments, ignore

        return action_urls

get_format_suffix

def get_format_suffix(
    self,
    **kwargs
)

Determine if the request includes a '.json' style format suffix

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    def get_format_suffix(self, **kwargs):
        """
        Determine if the request includes a '.json' style format suffix
        """
        if self.settings.FORMAT_SUFFIX_KWARG:
            return kwargs.get(self.settings.FORMAT_SUFFIX_KWARG)

get_parser_context

def get_parser_context(
    self,
    http_request
)

Returns a dict that is passed through to Parser.parse(),

as the parser_context keyword argument.

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    def get_parser_context(self, http_request):
        """
        Returns a dict that is passed through to Parser.parse(),
        as the `parser_context` keyword argument.
        """
        # Note: Additionally `request` and `encoding` will also be added
        #       to the context by the Request object.
        return {
            'view': self,
            'args': getattr(self, 'args', ()),
            'kwargs': getattr(self, 'kwargs', {})
        }

get_parsers

def get_parsers(
    self
)

Instantiates and returns the list of parsers that this view can use.

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    def get_parsers(self):
        """
        Instantiates and returns the list of parsers that this view can use.
        """
        return [parser() for parser in self.parser_classes]

get_permissions

def get_permissions(
    self
)

Get the permissions for the ViewSet.

This method gets the view method and, if it has permission classes defined via the decorator, returns them. Otherwise, it falls back to the default permissions.

Returns:

Type Description
list The permissions for the ViewSet.
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    def get_permissions(self):
        """
        Get the permissions for the ViewSet.

        This method gets the view method and, if it has permission classes defined via the decorator, returns them.
        Otherwise, it falls back to the default permissions.

        Returns:
            list: The permissions for the ViewSet.
        """
        if method := self._get_view_method():
            if hasattr(method, "permission_classes"):
                return method.permission_classes
        return super().get_permissions()

get_renderer_context

def get_renderer_context(
    self
)

Returns a dict that is passed through to Renderer.render(),

as the renderer_context keyword argument.

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    def get_renderer_context(self):
        """
        Returns a dict that is passed through to Renderer.render(),
        as the `renderer_context` keyword argument.
        """
        # Note: Additionally 'response' will also be added to the context,
        #       by the Response object.
        return {
            'view': self,
            'args': getattr(self, 'args', ()),
            'kwargs': getattr(self, 'kwargs', {}),
            'request': getattr(self, 'request', None)
        }

get_renderers

def get_renderers(
    self
)

Instantiates and returns the list of renderers that this view can use.

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    def get_renderers(self):
        """
        Instantiates and returns the list of renderers that this view can use.
        """
        return [renderer() for renderer in self.renderer_classes]

get_throttles

def get_throttles(
    self
)

Instantiates and returns the list of throttles that this view uses.

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    def get_throttles(self):
        """
        Instantiates and returns the list of throttles that this view uses.
        """
        return [throttle() for throttle in self.throttle_classes]

get_view_description

def get_view_description(
    self,
    html=False
)

Return some descriptive text for the view, as used in OPTIONS responses

and in the browsable API.

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    def get_view_description(self, html=False):
        """
        Return some descriptive text for the view, as used in OPTIONS responses
        and in the browsable API.
        """
        func = self.settings.VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION
        return func(self, html)

get_view_name

def get_view_name(
    self
)

Return the view name, as used in OPTIONS responses and in the

browsable API.

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    def get_view_name(self):
        """
        Return the view name, as used in OPTIONS responses and in the
        browsable API.
        """
        func = self.settings.VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION
        return func(self)

handle_exception

def handle_exception(
    self,
    exc
)

Handle any exception that occurs, by returning an appropriate response,

or re-raising the error.

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    def handle_exception(self, exc):
        """
        Handle any exception that occurs, by returning an appropriate response,
        or re-raising the error.
        """
        if isinstance(exc, (exceptions.NotAuthenticated,
                            exceptions.AuthenticationFailed)):
            # WWW-Authenticate header for 401 responses, else coerce to 403
            auth_header = self.get_authenticate_header(self.request)

            if auth_header:
                exc.auth_header = auth_header
            else:
                exc.status_code = status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN

        exception_handler = self.get_exception_handler()

        context = self.get_exception_handler_context()
        response = exception_handler(exc, context)

        if response is None:
            self.raise_uncaught_exception(exc)

        response.exception = True
        return response

http_method_not_allowed

def http_method_not_allowed(
    self,
    request,
    *args,
    **kwargs
)

If request.method does not correspond to a handler method,

determine what kind of exception to raise.

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    def http_method_not_allowed(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        If `request.method` does not correspond to a handler method,
        determine what kind of exception to raise.
        """
        raise exceptions.MethodNotAllowed(request.method)

initial

def initial(
    self,
    request,
    *args,
    **kwargs
)

Runs anything that needs to occur prior to calling the method handler.

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    def initial(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Runs anything that needs to occur prior to calling the method handler.
        """
        self.format_kwarg = self.get_format_suffix(**kwargs)

        # Perform content negotiation and store the accepted info on the request
        neg = self.perform_content_negotiation(request)
        request.accepted_renderer, request.accepted_media_type = neg

        # Determine the API version, if versioning is in use.
        version, scheme = self.determine_version(request, *args, **kwargs)
        request.version, request.versioning_scheme = version, scheme

        # Ensure that the incoming request is permitted
        self.perform_authentication(request)
        self.check_permissions(request)
        self.check_throttles(request)

initialize_request

def initialize_request(
    self,
    request,
    *args,
    **kwargs
)

Set the .action attribute on the view, depending on the request method.

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    def initialize_request(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Set the `.action` attribute on the view, depending on the request method.
        """
        request = super().initialize_request(request, *args, **kwargs)
        method = request.method.lower()
        if method == 'options':
            # This is a special case as we always provide handling for the
            # options method in the base `View` class.
            # Unlike the other explicitly defined actions, 'metadata' is implicit.
            self.action = 'metadata'
        else:
            self.action = self.action_map.get(method)
        return request

options

def options(
    self,
    request,
    *args,
    **kwargs
)

Handler method for HTTP 'OPTIONS' request.

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    def options(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Handler method for HTTP 'OPTIONS' request.
        """
        if self.metadata_class is None:
            return self.http_method_not_allowed(request, *args, **kwargs)
        data = self.metadata_class().determine_metadata(request, self)
        return Response(data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)

perform_authentication

def perform_authentication(
    self,
    request
)

Perform authentication on the incoming request.

Note that if you override this and simply 'pass', then authentication will instead be performed lazily, the first time either request.user or request.auth is accessed.

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    def perform_authentication(self, request):
        """
        Perform authentication on the incoming request.

        Note that if you override this and simply 'pass', then authentication
        will instead be performed lazily, the first time either
        `request.user` or `request.auth` is accessed.
        """
        request.user

perform_content_negotiation

def perform_content_negotiation(
    self,
    request,
    force=False
)

Determine which renderer and media type to use render the response.

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    def perform_content_negotiation(self, request, force=False):
        """
        Determine which renderer and media type to use render the response.
        """
        renderers = self.get_renderers()
        conneg = self.get_content_negotiator()

        try:
            return conneg.select_renderer(request, renderers, self.format_kwarg)
        except Exception:
            if force:
                return (renderers[0], renderers[0].media_type)
            raise

permission_denied

def permission_denied(
    self,
    request,
    message=None,
    code=None
)

If request is not permitted, determine what kind of exception to raise.

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    def permission_denied(self, request, message=None, code=None):
        """
        If request is not permitted, determine what kind of exception to raise.
        """
        if request.authenticators and not request.successful_authenticator:
            raise exceptions.NotAuthenticated()
        raise exceptions.PermissionDenied(detail=message, code=code)

raise_uncaught_exception

def raise_uncaught_exception(
    self,
    exc
)
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    def raise_uncaught_exception(self, exc):
        if settings.DEBUG:
            request = self.request
            renderer_format = getattr(request.accepted_renderer, 'format')
            use_plaintext_traceback = renderer_format not in ('html', 'api', 'admin')
            request.force_plaintext_errors(use_plaintext_traceback)
        raise exc

reverse_action

def reverse_action(
    self,
    url_name,
    *args,
    **kwargs
)

Reverse the action for the given url_name.

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    def reverse_action(self, url_name, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Reverse the action for the given `url_name`.
        """
        url_name = '%s-%s' % (self.basename, url_name)
        namespace = None
        if self.request and self.request.resolver_match:
            namespace = self.request.resolver_match.namespace
        if namespace:
            url_name = namespace + ':' + url_name
        kwargs.setdefault('request', self.request)

        return reverse(url_name, *args, **kwargs)

setup

def setup(
    self,
    request,
    *args,
    **kwargs
)

Initialize attributes shared by all view methods.

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    def setup(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        """Initialize attributes shared by all view methods."""
        if hasattr(self, "get") and not hasattr(self, "head"):
            self.head = self.get
        self.request = request
        self.args = args
        self.kwargs = kwargs

throttled

def throttled(
    self,
    request,
    wait
)

If request is throttled, determine what kind of exception to raise.

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    def throttled(self, request, wait):
        """
        If request is throttled, determine what kind of exception to raise.
        """
        raise exceptions.Throttled(wait)