tidy up

djangorestframework/modelresource.py

@@ -341,6 +341,19 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
         return _any(data, self.fields)
 
 
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            if args:
+                # If we have any none kwargs then assume the last represents the primrary key
+                instance = self.model.objects.get(pk=args[-1], **kwargs)
+            else:
+                # Otherwise assume the kwargs uniquely identify the model
+                instance = self.model.objects.get(**kwargs)
+        except self.model.DoesNotExist:
+            raise ErrorResponse(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+
+        return instance
+
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         # TODO: test creation on a non-existing resource url
         
@@ -361,19 +374,6 @@ class ModelResource(Resource):
             headers['Location'] = instance.get_absolute_url()
         return Response(status.HTTP_201_CREATED, instance, headers)
 
-    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        try:
-            if args:
-                # If we have any none kwargs then assume the last represents the primrary key
-                instance = self.model.objects.get(pk=args[-1], **kwargs)
-            else:
-                # Otherwise assume the kwargs uniquely identify the model
-                instance = self.model.objects.get(**kwargs)
-        except self.model.DoesNotExist:
-            raise ErrorResponse(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
-
-        return instance
-
     def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         # TODO: update on the url of a non-existing resource url doesn't work correctly at the moment - will end up with a new url 
         try:

djangorestframework/resource.py

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ __all__ = ['Resource']
 
 
 class Resource(RequestMixin, ResponseMixin, AuthMixin, View):
-    """Handles incoming requests and maps them to REST operations,
-    performing authentication, input deserialization, input validation, output serialization."""
+    """Handles incoming requests and maps them to REST operations.
+    Performs request deserialization, response serialization, authentication and input validation."""
 
     http_method_names = ['get', 'post', 'put', 'delete', 'head', 'options', 'trace', 'patch']
 
@@ -73,21 +73,10 @@ class Resource(RequestMixin, ResponseMixin, AuthMixin, View):
         return data
 
 
-    # Session based authentication is explicitly CSRF validated, all other authentication is CSRF exempt.
+    # Note: session based authentication is explicitly CSRF validated,
+    # all other authentication is CSRF exempt.
     @csrf_exempt
     def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        """This method is the core of Resource, through which all requests are passed.
-
-        Broadly this consists of the following procedure:
-
-        0. ensure the operation is permitted
-        1. deserialize request content into request data, using standard HTTP content types (PUT/POST only)
-        2. cleanup and validate request data (PUT/POST only)
-        3. call the core method to get the response data
-        4. cleanup the response data
-        5. serialize response data into response content, using standard HTTP content negotiation
-        """
-        try:
         self.request = request
         self.args = args
         self.kwargs = kwargs
@@ -134,7 +123,5 @@ class Resource(RequestMixin, ResponseMixin, AuthMixin, View):
         response.headers['Vary'] = 'Authenticate, Accept'
 
         return self.emit(response)
-        except:
-            import traceback
-            traceback.print_exc()
+