Setting Content-Type: text/plain for DELETE responses

restless/dj.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 
+from .constants import OK, NO_CONTENT
 from .exceptions import NotFound
 from .resources import Resource
 
@@ -30,9 +31,14 @@ def is_debug(self):
         # By default, Django-esque.
         return settings.DEBUG
 
-    def build_response(self, data, status=200):
+    def build_response(self, data, status=OK):
         # By default, Django-esque.
-        resp = HttpResponse(data, content_type='application/json')
+        if status == NO_CONTENT:
+            # Avoid crashing the client when it tries to parse nonexisting JSON.
+            content_type = 'text/plain'
+        else:
+            content_type = 'application/json'
+        resp = HttpResponse(data, content_type=content_type)
         resp.status_code = status
         return resp
 

tests/test_dj.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def fake_init(self):
         ]
 
     def is_authenticated(self):
-        if self.request_method() == 'DELETE':
+        if self.request_method() == 'DELETE' and self.endpoint == 'list':
             return False
 
         return True
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ def update(self, pk):
     def create_detail(self):
         raise ValueError("This is a random & crazy exception.")
 
+    def delete(self, pk):
+        for i, item in enumerate(self.fake_db):
+            if item.id == pk:
+                del self.fake_db[i]
+                return
+
     @skip_prepare
     def schema(self):
         # A WILD SCHEMA VIEW APPEARS!
@@ -340,3 +346,18 @@ def test_create(self):
             'id': 6,
             'title': 'Moved hosts'
         })
+
+    def test_delete(self):
+        self.res.request = FakeHttpRequest('DELETE')
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.res.fake_db), 3)
+
+        resp = self.res.handle('detail', pk=2)
+        self.assertEqual(resp['Content-Type'], 'text/plain')
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 204)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.content.decode('utf-8'), '')
+
+        # Check the internal state.
+        self.res.request = FakeHttpRequest('GET')
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.res.fake_db), 2)
+        resp = self.res.handle('detail', pk=2)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 404)