Raise Validation Errors when relationships receive incorrect types. Fixes #590.

rest_framework/relations.py

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class PrimaryKeyRelatedField(RelatedField):
 
     default_error_messages = {
         'does_not_exist': _("Invalid pk '%s' - object does not exist."),
-        'invalid': _('Invalid value.'),
+        'incorrect_type': _('Incorrect type.  Expected pk value, received %s.'),
     }
 
     # TODO: Remove these field hacks...
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ class PrimaryKeyRelatedField(RelatedField):
             msg = self.error_messages['does_not_exist'] % smart_unicode(data)
             raise ValidationError(msg)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
-            msg = self.error_messages['invalid']
+            received = type(data).__name__
+            msg = self.error_messages['incorrect_type'] % received
             raise ValidationError(msg)
 
     def field_to_native(self, obj, field_name):
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ class ManyPrimaryKeyRelatedField(ManyRelatedField):
 
     default_error_messages = {
         'does_not_exist': _("Invalid pk '%s' - object does not exist."),
-        'invalid': _('Invalid value.'),
+        'incorrect_type': _('Incorrect type.  Expected pk value, received %s.'),
     }
 
     def prepare_value(self, obj):
@@ -275,7 +276,8 @@ class ManyPrimaryKeyRelatedField(ManyRelatedField):
             msg = self.error_messages['does_not_exist'] % smart_unicode(data)
             raise ValidationError(msg)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
-            msg = self.error_messages['invalid']
+            received = type(data).__name__
+            msg = self.error_messages['incorrect_type'] % received
             raise ValidationError(msg)
 
 ### Slug relationships
@@ -333,7 +335,7 @@ class HyperlinkedRelatedField(RelatedField):
         'incorrect_match': _('Invalid hyperlink - Incorrect URL match'),
         'configuration_error': _('Invalid hyperlink due to configuration error'),
         'does_not_exist': _("Invalid hyperlink - object does not exist."),
-        'invalid': _('Invalid value.'),
+        'incorrect_type': _('Incorrect type.  Expected url string, received %s.'),
     }
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -397,8 +399,8 @@ class HyperlinkedRelatedField(RelatedField):
         try:
             http_prefix = value.startswith('http:') or value.startswith('https:')
         except AttributeError:
-            msg = self.error_messages['invalid']
-            raise ValidationError(msg)
+            msg = self.error_messages['incorrect_type']
+            raise ValidationError(msg % type(value).__name__)
 
         if http_prefix:
             # If needed convert absolute URLs to relative path
@@ -434,8 +436,8 @@ class HyperlinkedRelatedField(RelatedField):
         except ObjectDoesNotExist:
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['does_not_exist'])
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
-            msg = self.error_messages['invalid']
-            raise ValidationError(msg)
+            msg = self.error_messages['incorrect_type']
+            raise ValidationError(msg % type(value).__name__)
 
         return obj
 

rest_framework/tests/relations_hyperlink.py

@@ -215,6 +215,13 @@ class HyperlinkedForeignKeyTests(TestCase):
         ]
         self.assertEquals(serializer.data, expected)
 
+    def test_foreign_key_update_incorrect_type(self):
+        data = {'url': '/foreignkeysource/1/', 'name': u'source-1', 'target': 2}
+        instance = ForeignKeySource.objects.get(pk=1)
+        serializer = ForeignKeySourceSerializer(instance, data=data)
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEquals(serializer.errors, {'target': [u'Incorrect type.  Expected url string, received int.']})
+
     def test_reverse_foreign_key_update(self):
         data = {'url': '/foreignkeytarget/2/', 'name': u'target-2', 'sources': ['/foreignkeysource/1/', '/foreignkeysource/3/']}
         instance = ForeignKeyTarget.objects.get(pk=2)
@@ -227,7 +234,7 @@ class HyperlinkedForeignKeyTests(TestCase):
         expected = [
             {'url': '/foreignkeytarget/1/', 'name': u'target-1', 'sources': ['/foreignkeysource/1/', '/foreignkeysource/2/', '/foreignkeysource/3/']},
             {'url': '/foreignkeytarget/2/', 'name': u'target-2', 'sources': []},
-        ]        
+        ]
         self.assertEquals(new_serializer.data, expected)
 
         serializer.save()

rest_framework/tests/relations_pk.py

@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ class PKForeignKeyTests(TestCase):
         ]
         self.assertEquals(serializer.data, expected)
 
+    def test_foreign_key_update_incorrect_type(self):
+        data = {'id': 1, 'name': u'source-1', 'target': 'foo'}
+        instance = ForeignKeySource.objects.get(pk=1)
+        serializer = ForeignKeySourceSerializer(instance, data=data)
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEquals(serializer.errors, {'target': [u'Incorrect type.  Expected pk value, received str.']})
+
     def test_reverse_foreign_key_update(self):
         data = {'id': 2, 'name': u'target-2', 'sources': [1, 3]}
         instance = ForeignKeyTarget.objects.get(pk=2)