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edx-platform/openedx/core/lib/api/fields.py
Greg Price 174b4d943a Handle whitespace-only content in discussion API
The comments service rejects whitespace-only content for certain
strings, so the discussion API should also reject such content.
2015-06-19 12:01:34 -04:00

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"""Fields useful for edX API implementations."""
from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
from rest_framework.serializers import CharField, Field
class ExpandableField(Field):
"""Field that can dynamically use a more detailed serializer based on a user-provided "expand" parameter."""
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
"""Sets up the ExpandableField with the collapsed and expanded versions of the serializer."""
assert 'collapsed_serializer' in kwargs and 'expanded_serializer' in kwargs
self.collapsed = kwargs.pop('collapsed_serializer')
self.expanded = kwargs.pop('expanded_serializer')
super(ExpandableField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
def field_to_native(self, obj, field_name):
"""Converts obj to a native representation, using the expanded serializer if the context requires it."""
if 'expand' in self.context and field_name in self.context['expand']:
self.expanded.initialize(self, field_name)
return self.expanded.field_to_native(obj, field_name)
else:
self.collapsed.initialize(self, field_name)
return self.collapsed.field_to_native(obj, field_name)
class NonEmptyCharField(CharField):
"""
A field that enforces non-emptiness even for partial updates.
This is necessary because prior to version 3, DRF skips validation for empty
values. Thus, CharField's min_length and RegexField cannot be used to
enforce this constraint.
"""
def validate(self, value):
super(NonEmptyCharField, self).validate(value)
if not value.strip():
raise ValidationError(self.error_messages["required"])