Changelog

Here you can see the full list of changes between each Flask-Restless release. Version 1.0.0 saw a major overhaul of Flask-Restless to make it compliant with JSON API, so changes from prior versions may not be relevant to more recent versions.

Numbers following a pound sign (#) refer to GitHub issues.

Version 1.0.0b2-dev

This is a beta release; these changes will appear in the 1.0.0 release.

Not yet released.

  • Eliminates all documentation build warnings for bad references.
  • Changes serialization/deserialization to class-based implementation instead of a function-based implementation. This also adds support for serialization of heterogeneous collections.
  • Removes mimerender as a dependency.
  • #7: allows filtering before function evaluation.
  • #49: deserializers now expect a complete JSON API document.
  • #200: be smarter about determining the collection_name for polymorphic models defined with single-table inheritance.
  • #253: don’t assign to callable attributes of models.
  • #268: adds top-level endpoint that exposes API schema.
  • #479: removes duplicate (and sometimes conflicting) Content-Type header in responses.
  • #481, #488: added negation (not) operator for search.
  • #492: support JSON API recommended “simple” filtering.
  • #508: flush the session before postprocessors, and commit after.
  • #534: when updating a resource, give a clearer error message if the resource ID in the JSON document is not a JSON string.
  • #536: adds support for single-table inheritance.
  • #540: correctly support models that don’t have a column named “id”.
  • #545: refactors implementation of DefaultDeserializer so that it is easier for subclasses to override different subprocedures.
  • #546: adds support for joined table inheritance.
  • #548: requests can now use the Accept: */* header.
  • #559: fixes bug that stripped attributes with JSON API reserved names (like “type”) when deserializing resources.
  • #583: fixes failing tests when using simplejson.
  • #590: allows user to specify a custom operator for filters.
  • #599: fixes unicode bug using urlparse.urljoin() with the future library in resource serialization.
  • #625: adds schema metadata to root endpoint.
  • #626: allows the client to request case-insensitive sorting.

Version 1.0.0b1

This is a beta release; these changes will appear in the 1.0.0 release.

Released on April 2, 2016.

  • #255: adds support for filtering by PostgreSQL network operators.
  • #257: ensures additional attributes specified by the user actually exist on the model.
  • #363 (partial solution): don’t use COUNT on requests that don’t require pagination.
  • #404: Major overhaul of Flask-Restless to support JSON API.
  • Increases minimum version requirement for python-dateutil to be strictly greater than 2.2 to avoid parsing bug.
  • #331, #415: documents the importance of URL encoding when using the like operator to filter results.
  • #376: add a not_like operator for filter objects.
  • #431: adds a url_prefix keyword argument to the APIManager constructor, so one can specify a URL prefix once for all created APIs.
  • #449: roll back the session on any SQLAlchemy error, not just a few.
  • #432, #462: alias relation names when sorting by multiple attributes on a relationship.
  • #436, #453: use __table__.name instead of __tablename__ to infer the collection name for the SQLAlchemy model.
  • #440, #475: uses the serialization function provided at the time of invoking APIManager.create_api() to serialize each resource correctly, depending on its type.
  • #474: include license files in built wheel for distribution.
  • #501: allows empty string for url_prefix keyword argument to APIManager.create_api().
  • #476: use the primary key provided at the time of invoking APIManager.create_api() to build resource urls in responses.

Older versions

Note

As of version 0.13.0, Flask-Restless supports Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3. Before that, it supported Python 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7.

Note

As of version 0.6, Flask-Restless supports both pure SQLAlchemy and Flask-SQLAlchemy models. Before that, it supported only Elixir models.

Version 0.17.0

Released on February 17, 2015.

  • Corrects bug to allow delayed initialization of multiple Flask applications.
  • #167: allows custom serialization/deserialization functions.
  • #198: allows arbitrary Boolean expressions in search query filters.
  • #226: allows creating APIs before initializing the Flask application object.
  • #274: adds the url_for() function for computing URLs from models.
  • #379: improves datetime parsing in search requests.
  • #398: fixes bug where DELETE_SINGLE processors were not actually used.
  • #400: disallows excluding a primary key on a POST request.

Version 0.16.0

Released on February 3, 2015.

  • #237: allows bulk delete of model instances via the allow_delete_many keyword argument.
  • #313, #389: APIManager.init_app() now can be correctly used to initialize multiple Flask applications.
  • #327, #391: allows ordering searches by fields on related instances.
  • #353: allows search queries to specify group_by directives.
  • #365: allows preprocessors to specify return values on GET requests.
  • #385: makes the include_methods keywords argument respect model properties.

Version 0.15.1

Released on January 2, 2015.

Version 0.15.0

Released on October 30, 2014.

  • #320: detect settable hybrid properties instead of raising an exception.
  • #350: allows exclude/include columns to be specified as SQLAlchemy column objects in addition to strings.
  • #356: rollback the SQLAlchemy session on a failed PATCH request.
  • #368: adds missing documentation on using custom queries (see Custom queries)

Version 0.14.2

Released on September 2, 2014.

  • #351, #355: fixes bug in getting related models from a model with hybrid properties.

Version 0.14.1

Released on August 26, 2014.

  • #210: lists some related projects in the documentation.
  • #347: adds automated build testing for PyPy 3.
  • #354: renames is_deleted to was_deleted when providing keyword arguments to postprocessor for DELETE method in order to match documentation.

Version 0.14.0

Released on August 12, 2014.

  • Fixes bug where primary key specified by user was not being checked in some POST requests and some search queries.
  • #223: documents CORS example.
  • #280: don’t expose raw SQL in responses on database errors.
  • #299: show error message if search query tests for NULL using comparison operators.
  • #315: check for query object being None.
  • #324: DELETE should only return 204 No Content if something is actuall deleted.
  • #325: support null inside has search operators.
  • #328: enable automatic testing for Python 3.4.
  • #333: enforce limit in flask_restless.views.helpers.count().
  • #338: catch validation exceptions when attempting to update relations.
  • #339: use user-specified primary key on PATCH requests.
  • #344: correctly encodes Unicode fields in responses.

Version 0.13.1

Released on April 21, 2014.

  • #304: fixes mimerender bug due to how Python 3.4 handles decorators.

Version 0.13.0

Released on April 6, 2014.

  • Allows universal preprocessors or postprocessors; see Universal preprocessors and postprocessors.
  • Allows specifying which primary key to use when creating endpoint URLs.
  • Requires SQLAlchemy version 0.8 or greater.
  • #17: use Flask’s flask.Request.json to parse incoming JSON requests.
  • #29: replace custom jsonify_status_code function with built-in support for return jsonify(), status_code style return statements (new in Flask 0.9).
  • #51: Use mimerender to render dictionaries to JSON format.
  • #247: adds support for making POST requests to dictionary-like association proxies.
  • #249: returns 404 Not Found if a search reveals no matching results.
  • #254: returns 404 Not Found if no related field exists for a request with a related field in the URL.
  • #256: makes search parameters available to postprocessors for GET and PATCH requests that access multiple resources.
  • #263: Adds Python 3.3 support; drops Python 2.5 support.
  • #267: Adds compatibility for legacy Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8 and 9.
  • #270: allows the query attribute on models to be a callable.
  • #282: order responses by primary key if no order is specified.
  • #284: catch DataError and ProgrammingError exceptions when bad data are sent to the server.
  • #286: speed up paginated responses by using optimized count() function.
  • #293: allows sqlalchemy.types.Time fields in JSON responses.

Version 0.12.1

Released on December 1, 2013.

  • #222: on POST and PATCH requests, recurse into nested relations to get or create instances of related models.
  • #246: adds pysqlite to test requirements.
  • #260: return a single object when making a GET request to a relation sub-URL.
  • #264: all methods now execute postprocessors after setting headers.
  • #265: convert strings to dates in related models when making POST requests.

Version 0.12.0

Released on August 8, 2013.

  • #188: provides metadata as well as normal data in JSONP responses.
  • #193: allows DELETE requests to related instances.
  • #215: removes Python 2.5 tests from Travis configuration.
  • #216: don’t resolve Query objects until pagination function.
  • #217: adds missing indices in format string.
  • #220: fix bug when checking attributes on a hybrid property.
  • #227: allows client to request that the server use the current date and/or time when setting the value of a field.
  • #228 (as well as #212, #218, #231): fixes issue due to a module removed from Flask version 0.10.

Version 0.11.0

Released on May 18, 2013.

  • Requests that require a body but don’t have Content-Type: application/json will cause a 415 Unsupported Media Type response.
  • Responses now have Content-Type: application/json.
  • #180: allow more expressive has and any searches.
  • #195: convert UUID objects to strings when converting an instance of a model to a dictionary.
  • #202: allow setting hybrid properties with expressions and setters.
  • #203: adds the include_methods keyword argument to APIManager.create_api(), which allows JSON responses to include the result of calling arbitrary methods of instances of models.
  • #204, 205: allow parameters in Content-Type header.

Version 0.10.1

Released on May 8, 2013.

  • #115: change assertEqual() methods to assert statements in tests.
  • #184, #186: Switch to nose for testing.
  • #197: documents technique for adding filters in processors when there are none initially.

Version 0.10.0

Released on April 30, 2013.

  • #2: adds basic GET access to one level of relationship depth for models.
  • #113: interpret empty strings for date fields as None objects.
  • #115: use Python’s built-in assert statements for testing
  • #128: allow disjunctions when filtering search queries.
  • #130: documentation and examples now more clearly show search examples.
  • #135: added support for hybrid properties.
  • #139: remove custom code for authentication in favor of user-defined pre- and postprocessors (this supercedes the fix from #154).
  • #141: relax requirement for version of python-dateutil to be not equal to 2.0 if using Python version 2.6 or 2.7.
  • #146: preprocessors now really execute before other code.
  • #148: adds support for SQLAlchemy association proxies.
  • #154 (this fix is irrelevant due to :issue:`139`): authentication function now may raise an exception instead of just returning a Boolean.
  • #157: POST requests now receive a response containing all fields of the created instance.
  • #162: allow pre- and postprocessors to indicate that no change has occurred.
  • #164, #172, #173: PATCH requests update fields on related instances.
  • #165: fixed bug in automatic exposing of URLs for related instances.
  • #170: respond with correct HTTP status codes when a query for a single instance results in none or multiple instances.
  • #174: allow dynamically loaded relationships for automatically exposed URLs of related instances.
  • #176: get model attribute instead of column name when getting name of primary key.
  • #182: allow POST requests that set hybrid properties.
  • #152: adds some basic server-side logging for exceptions raised by views.

Version 0.9.3

Released on February 4, 2013.

  • Fixes incompatibility with Python 2.5 try/except syntax.
  • #116: handle requests which raise IntegrityError.

Version 0.9.2

Released on February 4, 2013.

  • #82, #134, #136: added request pre- and postprocessors.
  • #120: adds support for JSON-P callbacks in GET requests.

Version 0.9.1

Released on January 17, 2013.

  • #126: fix documentation build failure due to bug in a dependency.
  • #127: added “ilike” query operator.

Version 0.9.0

Released on January 16, 2013.

  • Removed ability to provide a Session class when initializing APIManager; provide an instance of the class instead.
  • Changes some dynamically loaded relationships used for testing and in examples to be many-to-one instead of the incorrect one-to-many. Versions of SQLAlchemy after 0.8.0b2 raise an exception when the latter is used.
  • #105: added ability to set a list of related model instances on a model.
  • #107: server responds with an error code when a PATCH or POST request specifies a field which does not exist on the model.
  • #108: dynamically loaded relationships should now be rendered correctly by the views._to_dict() function regardless of whether they are a list or a single object.
  • #109: use sphinxcontrib-issuetracker to render links to GitHub issues in documentation.
  • #110: enable results_per_page query parameter for clients, and added max_results_per_page keyword argument to APIManager.create_api().
  • #114: fix bug where string representations of integers were converted to integers.
  • #117: allow adding related instances on PATCH requests for one-to-one relationships.
  • #123: PATCH requests to instances which do not exist result in a 404 Not Found response.

Version 0.8.0

Released on November 19, 2012.

  • #94: views._to_dict() should return a single object instead of a list when resolving dynamically loaded many-to-one relationships.
  • #104: added num_results key to paginated JSON responses.

Version 0.7.0

Released on October 9, 2012.

  • Added working include and exclude functionality to the views._to_dict() function.
  • Added exclude_columns keyword argument to APIManager.create_api().
  • #79: attempted to access attribute of None in constructor of APIManager.
  • #83: allow POST requests with one-to-one related instances.
  • #86: allow specifying include and exclude for related models.
  • #91: correctly handle POST requests to nullable DateTime columns.
  • #93: Added a total_pages mapping to the JSON response.
  • #98: GET requests to the function evaluation endpoint should not have a data payload.
  • #101: exclude in views._to_dict() function now correctly excludes requested fields from the returned dictionary.

Version 0.6

Released on June 20, 2012.

  • Added support for accessing model instances via arbitrary primary keys, instead of requiring an integer column named id.
  • Added example which uses curl as a client.
  • Added support for pagination of responses.
  • Fixed issue due to symbolic link from README to README.md when running pip bundle foobar Flask-Restless.
  • Separated API blueprint creation from registration, using APIManager.create_api() and APIManager.create_api_blueprint().
  • Added support for pure SQLAlchemy in addition to Flask-SQLAlchemy.
  • #74: Added post_form_preprocessor keyword argument to APIManager.create_api().
  • #77: validation errors are now correctly handled on PATCH requests.

Version 0.5

Released on April 10, 2012.

  • Dual-licensed under GNU AGPLv3+ and 3-clause BSD license.
  • Added capturing of exceptions raised during field validation.
  • Added examples/separate_endpoints.py, showing how to create separate API endpoints for a single model.
  • Added include_columns keyword argument to APIManager.create_api() method to allow users to specify which columns of the model are exposed in the API.
  • Replaced Elixir with Flask-SQLAlchemy. Flask-Restless now only supports Flask-SQLAlchemy.

Version 0.4

Released on March 29, 2012.

  • Added Python 2.5 and Python 2.6 support.
  • Allow users to specify which HTTP methods for a particular API will require authentication and how that authentication will take place.
  • Created base classes for test cases.
  • Moved the evaluate_functions function out of the flask_restless.search module and corrected documentation about how function evaluation works.
  • Added allow_functions keyword argument to APIManager.create_api().
  • Fixed bug where we weren’t allowing PUT requests in APIManager.create_api().
  • Added collection_name keyword argument to APIManager.create_api() to allow user provided names in URLs.
  • Added allow_patch_many keyword argument to APIManager.create_api() to allow enabling or disabling the PATCH many functionality.
  • Disable the PATCH many functionality by default.

Version 0.3

Released on March 4, 2012.

  • Initial release in Flask extension format.