Sideload resources

README.rst

@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ override ``settings.REST_FRAMEWORK``::
     }
 
 
+
 If ``PAGINATE_BY`` is set the renderer will return a ``meta`` object with
 record count and the next and previous links. Django Rest Framework looks
 for the ``page`` GET parameter by default allowing you to make requests for
 subsets of the data with ``this.store.find('identity', {page: 2});``.
 
-
 resource_name property
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -216,16 +216,35 @@ To display a specific error inline use the following::
     {{/each}}
     {{input name="title" value=title}}
 
-======
+
+---------------------
+Sideloading Resources
+---------------------
+
+If you are using the JSON Renderer globally, this can lead to issues
+when hitting endpoints that are intended to sideload other objects.
+
+For example::
+
+    {
+        "users": [],
+        "cars": []
+    }
+
+
+Set the ``resource_name`` property on the object to ``False``, and the data
+will be returned as it is above.
+
+
+------
 Mixins
-======
+------
 
 The following mixin classes are available to use with Rest Framework
 resources.
 
--------------------------------------------
 rest_framework_ember.mixins.MultipleIDMixin
--------------------------------------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Overrides ``get_queryset`` to filter by ``ids[]`` in URL query params.
 

example/api/api.py

@@ -19,6 +19,21 @@ class Meta:
             'id', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', )
 
 
+class CarSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    """
+    Cars serializer
+    """
+    name = serializers.CharField(max_length=50)
+
+
+class UserCarSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    """
+    Serializer that returns a list of users & cars.
+    """
+    users = IdentitySerializer(many=True)
+    cars = CarSerializer(many=True)
+
+
 class User(generics.GenericAPIView):
     """
     Current user's identity endpoint.
@@ -63,3 +78,25 @@ class MultipleIDMixinUserModelViewSet(mixins.MultipleIDMixin,
 
     queryset = auth_models.User.objects.all()
 
+
+class UserCarResource(UserEmber):
+    """
+    Resource that returns a list of users and cars.
+    """
+    resource_name = False
+
+    cars = [
+        {'id': 1, 'name': 'BMW'},
+        {'id': 2, 'name': 'Mercedes'},
+        {'id': 3, 'name': 'Mini'},
+        {'id': 4, 'name': 'Ford'}
+    ]
+
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        data = {
+            'users': self.get_queryset(),
+            'cars': self.cars
+        }
+        serializer = UserCarSerializer(data)
+        return Response(serializer.data)
+

example/api/urls.py

@@ -2,19 +2,25 @@
 Example app URLs
 """
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
-from .api import User, UserEmber, EmberUserModelViewSet, MultipleIDMixinUserModelViewSet
+from .api import (
+    User, UserEmber, EmberUserModelViewSet, MultipleIDMixinUserModelViewSet,
+    UserCarResource)
 
 from rest_framework import routers
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^user-default/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', User.as_view(), name='user-default'),
     url(r'^user-ember/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', UserEmber.as_view(), name='user-ember'),
-    url(r'^user-mixin-viewset/$', MultipleIDMixinUserModelViewSet.as_view({'get': 'list'}),
+    url(r'^user-mixin-viewset/$',
+        MultipleIDMixinUserModelViewSet.as_view({'get': 'list'}),
         name='mixin-user-list'),
     url(r'^user-viewset/$', EmberUserModelViewSet.as_view({'get': 'list'}),
         name='user-list'),
     url(r'^user-viewset/(?P<pk>\d+)/$',
         EmberUserModelViewSet.as_view(
-            {'get': 'retrieve', 'post': 'create', 'put': 'update'}), name='user-detail'),
+            {'get': 'retrieve', 'post': 'create', 'put': 'update'}),
+        name='user-detail'),
+    url(r'users-cars/$', UserCarResource.as_view(),
+        name='users-cars'),
 )
 

example/tests/test_sideload_resources.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""
+Test sideloading resources
+"""
+import json
+from example.tests import TestBase
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+class SideloadResourceTest(TestBase):
+    """
+    Test that sideloading resources returns expected output.
+    """
+    url = reverse_lazy('users-cars')
+
+    def test_get_sideloaded_data(self):
+        """
+        Ensure resources that are meant for sideloaded data
+        do not return a single root key.
+        """
+        response = self.client.get(self.url)
+        content = json.loads(response.content)
+
+        self.assertEqual(content.keys(), ['cars', 'users'])
+

rest_framework_ember/renderers.py

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
 
         resource_name = get_resource_name(view)
 
+        if resource_name == False:
+            return super(JSONRenderer, self).render(
+                data, accepted_media_type, renderer_context)
+
         try:
             data_copy = copy.copy(data)
             content = data_copy.pop('results')

rest_framework_ember/utils.py

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 def get_resource_name(view):
     """
-Return the name of a resource
-"""
+    Return the name of a resource
+    """
     try:
         # is the resource name set directly on the view?
         resource_name = getattr(view, 'resource_name')