Serializers can now be rendered directly to HTML

rest_framework/fields.py

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class Field(object):
     use_files = False
     form_field_class = forms.CharField
     type_label = 'field'
+    widget = None
 
     def __init__(self, source=None, label=None, help_text=None):
         self.parent = None
@@ -134,9 +135,29 @@ class Field(object):
 
         if label is not None:
             self.label = smart_text(label)
+        else:
+            self.label = None
 
         if help_text is not None:
             self.help_text = strip_multiple_choice_msg(smart_text(help_text))
+        else:
+            self.help_text = None
+
+        self._errors = []
+        self._value = None
+        self._name = None
+
+    @property
+    def errors(self):
+        return self._errors
+
+    def widget_html(self):
+        if not self.widget:
+            return ''
+        return self.widget.render(self._name, self._value)
+
+    def label_tag(self):
+        return '<label for="%s">%s:</label>' % (self._name, self.label)
 
     def initialize(self, parent, field_name):
         """

rest_framework/renderers.py

@@ -336,71 +336,15 @@ class HTMLFormRenderer(BaseRenderer):
     template = 'rest_framework/form.html'
     charset = 'utf-8'
 
-    def data_to_form_fields(self, data):
-        fields = {}
-        for key, val in data.fields.items():
-            if getattr(val, 'read_only', True):
-                # Don't include read-only fields.
-                continue
-
-            if getattr(val, 'fields', None):
-                # Nested data not supported by HTML forms.
-                continue
-
-            kwargs = {}
-            kwargs['required'] = val.required
-
-            #if getattr(v, 'queryset', None):
-            #    kwargs['queryset'] = v.queryset
-
-            if getattr(val, 'choices', None) is not None:
-                kwargs['choices'] = val.choices
-
-            if getattr(val, 'regex', None) is not None:
-                kwargs['regex'] = val.regex
-
-            if getattr(val, 'widget', None):
-                widget = copy.deepcopy(val.widget)
-                kwargs['widget'] = widget
-
-            if getattr(val, 'default', None) is not None:
-                kwargs['initial'] = val.default
-
-            if getattr(val, 'label', None) is not None:
-                kwargs['label'] = val.label
-
-            if getattr(val, 'help_text', None) is not None:
-                kwargs['help_text'] = val.help_text
-
-            fields[key] = val.form_field_class(**kwargs)
-
-        return fields
-
     def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
         """
         Render serializer data and return an HTML form, as a string.
         """
-        # The HTMLFormRenderer currently uses something of a hack to render
-        # the content, by translating each of the serializer fields into
-        # an html form field, creating a dynamic form using those fields,
-        # and then rendering that form.
-
-        # This isn't strictly neccessary, as we could render the serilizer
-        # fields to HTML directly.  The implementation is historical and will
-        # likely change at some point.
-
-        self.renderer_context = renderer_context or {}
-        request = self.renderer_context['request']
-
-        # Creating an on the fly form see:
-        # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3915024/dynamically-creating-classes-python
-        fields = self.data_to_form_fields(data)
-        DynamicForm = type(str('DynamicForm'), (forms.Form,), fields)
-        data = None if data.empty else data
+        renderer_context = renderer_context or {}
+        request = renderer_context['request']
 
         template = loader.get_template(self.template)
-        context = RequestContext(request, {'form': DynamicForm(data)})
-
+        context = RequestContext(request, {'form': data})
         return template.render(context)
 
 

rest_framework/serializers.py

@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ from rest_framework.relations import *
 from rest_framework.fields import *
 
 
+def pretty_name(name):
+    """Converts 'first_name' to 'First name'"""
+    if not name:
+        return ''
+    return name.replace('_', ' ').capitalize()
+
+
 class RelationsList(list):
     _deleted = []
 
@@ -306,7 +313,17 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField):
         for field_name, field in self.fields.items():
             field.initialize(parent=self, field_name=field_name)
             key = self.get_field_key(field_name)
-            value = field.field_to_native(obj, field_name)
+            if self._errors:
+                value = self.init_data.get(field_name)
+            else:
+                value = field.field_to_native(obj, field_name)
+
+            field._errors = self._errors.get(key) if self._errors else None
+            field._name = field_name
+            field._value = value
+            if not field.label:
+                field.label = pretty_name(key)
+
             ret[key] = value
             ret.fields[key] = field
         return ret

rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/form.html

 {% load rest_framework %}
 {% csrf_token %}
 {{ form.non_field_errors }}
-{% for field in form %}
-    <div class="control-group"> <!--{% if field.errors %}error{% endif %}-->
+{% for field in form.fields.values %}
+    {% if not field.read_only %}
+    <div class="control-group {% if field.errors %}error{% endif %}">
         {{ field.label_tag|add_class:"control-label" }}
         <div class="controls">
-            {{ field }}
-            <span class="help-block">{{ field.help_text }}</span>
-            <!--{{ field.errors|add_class:"help-block" }}-->
+            {{ field.widget_html }}
+            {% if field.help_text %}<span class="help-block">{{ field.help_text }}</span>{% endif %}
+            {% for error in field.errors %}<span class="help-block">{{ error }}</span>{% endfor %}
         </div>
     </div>
+    {% endif %}
 {% endfor %}