flask-restless v1.0.0.b1 release notes (2016-04-14)

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flask-restless v1.0.0.b1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2016-04-14 // about 8 years ago

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

🚀 Released on April 2, 2016.
- 👍 :issue:255: adds support for filtering by PostgreSQL network operators.
- :issue:257: ensures additional attributes specified by the user actually exist on the model.
- :issue:363 (partial solution): don't use COUNT on requests that don't require pagination.
- 👍 :issue: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.
- :issue:331,415: documents the importance of URL encoding when using the like operator to filter results.
- :issue:376: add a not_like operator for filter objects.
- :issue:431: adds a url_prefix keyword argument to the :class:.APIManager constructor, so one can specify a URL prefix once for all created APIs.
- :issue:449: roll back the session on any SQLAlchemy error, not just a few.
- :issue:432,462: alias relation names when sorting by multiple attributes on a relationship.
- :issue:436,453: use __table__.name instead of __tablename__ to infer the collection name for the SQLAlchemy model.
- :issue:440,475: uses the serialization function provided at the time of invoking :meth:.APIManager.create_api to serialize each resource correctly, depending on its type.
- :issue:474: include license files in built wheel for distribution.
- :issue:501: allows empty string for url_prefix keyword argument to :meth:.APIManager.create_api.
- :issue:476: use the primary key provided at the time of invoking :meth:.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.
- :issue:`167`: allows custom serialization/deserialization functions.
- :issue:`198`: allows arbitrary Boolean expressions in search query filters.
- :issue:`226`: allows creating APIs before initializing the Flask application object.
- :issue:`274`: adds the :func:`.url_for` function for computing URLs from models.
- 📜 :issue:`379`: improves datetime parsing in search requests.
- 🛠 :issue:`398`: fixes bug where DELETE_SINGLE processors were not actually used.
- :issue:`400`: disallows excluding a primary key on a :http:method:`POST` request.

🔖 Version 0.16.0
```
🚀 Released on February 3, 2015.
- ✂ :issue:237: allows bulk delete of model instances via the allow_delete_many keyword argument.
- :issue:313,389: :meth:.APIManager.init_app now can be correctly used to initialize multiple Flask applications.
- :issue:327,391: allows ordering searches by fields on related instances.
- :issue:353: allows search queries to specify group_by directives.
- :issue:365: allows preprocessors to specify return values on :http:method:get requests.
- :issue:385: makes the include_methods keywords argument respect model properties.
🔖 Version 0.15.1
```
🚀 Released on January 2, 2015.

- :issue:`367`: catch :exc:`sqlalchemy.exc.IntegrityError`,
  :exc:`sqlalchemy.exc.DataError`, and :exc:`sqlalchemy.exc.ProgrammingError`
  exceptions in all view methods.
- :issue:`374`: import :class:`sqlalchemy.schema.Column` from
  :mod:`!sqlalchemy` directly, instead of :mod:`!sqlalchemy.sql.schema`.

🔖 Version 0.15.0
```
🚀 Released on October 30, 2014.
- 👻 :issue:320: detect settable hybrid properties instead of raising an exception.
- :issue:350: allows exclude/include columns to be specified as SQLAlchemy column objects in addition to strings.
- ⏪ :issue:356: rollback the SQLAlchemy session on a failed :http:method:patch request.
- 📚 :issue:368: adds missing documentation on using custom queries (see :ref:customqueries)
🔖 Version 0.14.2
```
🚀 Released on September 2, 2014.

- 🛠 :issue:`351,355`: fixes bug in getting related models from a model with hybrid
  properties.

🔖 Version 0.14.1
```
🚀 Released on August 26, 2014.
- 📚 :issue:210: lists some related projects in the documentation.
- 🏗 :issue:347: adds automated build testing for PyPy 3.
- ✂ :issue:354: renames is_deleted to was_deleted when providing keyword arguments to postprocessor for :http:method: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
  :http:method:`post` requests and some search queries.
- :issue:`223`: documents CORS example.
- :issue:`280`: don't expose raw SQL in responses on database errors.
- ✅ :issue:`299`: show error message if search query tests for ``NULL`` using comparison
  operators.
- :issue:`315`: check for query object being ``None``.
- :issue:`324`: :http:method:`delete` should only return :http:statuscode:`204` if
  something is actuall deleted.
- 👍 :issue:`325`: support ``null`` inside ``has`` search operators.
- ✅ :issue:`328`: enable automatic testing for Python 3.4.
- :issue:`333`: enforce limit in :func:`!flask_restless.views.helpers.count`.
- ⚡️ :issue:`338`: catch validation exceptions when attempting to update relations.
- :issue:`339`: use user-specified primary key on :http:method:`patch` requests.
- :issue:`344`: correctly encodes Unicode fields in responses.

🔖 Version 0.13.1
```
🚀 Released on April 21, 2014.
- 🛠 :issue: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 :ref:`universal`.
- 👍 Allows specifying which primary key to use when creating endpoint URLs.
- Requires SQLAlchemy version 0.8 or greater.
- 📜 :issue:`17`: use Flask's :attr:`flask.Request.json` to parse incoming JSON requests.
- :issue:`29`: replace custom ``jsonify_status_code`` function with built-in support
  for ``return jsonify(), status_code`` style return statements (new in Flask
  0.9).
- :issue:`51`: Use `mimerender`_ to render dictionaries to JSON format.
- 👍 :issue:`247`: adds support for making :http:method:`post` requests to dictionary-like
  association proxies.
- :issue:`249`: returns :http:statuscode:`404` if a search reveals no matching results.
- :issue:`254`: returns :http:statuscode:`404` if no related field exists for a request
  with a related field in the URL.
- :issue:`256`: makes search parameters available to postprocessors for
  :http:method:`get` and :http:method:`patch` requests that access multiple
  resources.
- 👍 :issue:`263`: Adds Python 3.3 support; drops Python 2.5 support.
- :issue:`267`: Adds compatibility for legacy Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8
  and 9.
- :issue:`270`: allows the ``query`` attribute on models to be a callable.
- :issue:`282`: order responses by primary key if no order is specified.
- :issue:`284`: catch ``DataError`` and ``ProgrammingError`` exceptions when bad data
  are sent to the server.
- ⚡️ :issue:`286`: speed up paginated responses by using optimized count() function.
- :issue:`293`: allows :class:`sqlalchemy.types.Time` fields in JSON responses.

.. _mimerender: https://mimerender.readthedocs.io

🔖 Version 0.12.1
```
🚀 Released on December 1, 2013.
- :issue:222: on :http:method:post and :http:method:patch requests, recurse into nested relations to get or create instances of related models.
- ✅ :issue:246: adds pysqlite <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pysqlite>_ to test requirements.
- :issue:260: return a single object when making a :http:method:get request to a relation sub-URL.
- :issue:264: all methods now execute postprocessors after setting headers.
- :issue:265: convert strings to dates in related models when making :http:method:post requests.
🔖 Version 0.12.0
```
🚀 Released on August 8, 2013.

- 📇 :issue:`188`: provides metadata as well as normal data in JSONP responses.
- :issue:`193`: allows :http:method:`delete` requests to related instances.
- 🔧 :issue:`215`: removes Python 2.5 tests from Travis configuration.
- :issue:`216`: don't resolve Query objects until pagination function.
- :issue:`217`: adds missing indices in format string.
- :issue:`220`: fix bug when checking attributes on a hybrid property.
- :issue:`227`: allows client to request that the server use the current date
  and/or time when setting the value of a field.
- 🛠 :issue:`228` (as well as :issue:`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 :http:statuscode:415 response.
- Responses now have Content-Type: application/json.
- :issue:180: allow more expressive has and any searches.
- :issue:195: convert UUID objects to strings when converting an instance of a model to a dictionary.
- :issue:202: allow setting hybrid properties with expressions and setters.
- :issue:203: adds the include_methods keyword argument to :meth:.APIManager.create_api, which allows JSON responses to include the result of calling arbitrary methods of instances of models.
- :issue:204, 205: allow parameters in Content-Type header.
🔖 Version 0.10.1
```
🚀 Released on May 8, 2013.

- ✅ :issue:`115`: change ``assertEqual()`` methods to ``assert`` statements in tests.
- ✅ :issue:`184,186`: Switch to `nose <http://nose.readthedocs.org>`_ for testing.
- :issue:`197`: documents technique for adding filters in processors when there are
  none initially.

🔖 Version 0.10.0
```
🚀 Released on April 30, 2013.
- :issue:2: adds basic :http:method:get access to one level of relationship depth for models.
- :issue:113: interpret empty strings for date fields as None objects.
- ✅ :issue:115: use Python's built-in assert statements for testing
- :issue:128: allow disjunctions when filtering search queries.
- 📚 :issue:130: documentation and examples now more clearly show search examples.
- 👍 :issue:135: added support for hybrid properties.
- 🚚 :issue:139: remove custom code for authentication in favor of user-defined pre- and postprocessors (this supercedes the fix from :issue:154).
- :issue:141: relax requirement for version of python-dateutil <http://labix.org/python-dateutil>_ to be not equal to 2.0 if using Python version 2.6 or 2.7.
- :issue:146: preprocessors now really execute before other code.
- ✅ :issue:148: adds support for SQLAlchemy association proxies <http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/orm/extensions/associationproxy.html>_.
- :issue:154 (this fix is irrelevant due to :issue:139): authentication function now may raise an exception instead of just returning a Boolean.
- :issue:157: :http:method:post requests now receive a response containing all fields of the created instance.
- :issue:162: allow pre- and postprocessors to indicate that no change has occurred.
- ⚡️ :issue:164,172,173: :http:method:patch requests update fields on related instances.
- 🛠 :issue:165: fixed bug in automatic exposing of URLs for related instances.
- :issue:170: respond with correct HTTP status codes when a query for a single instance results in none or multiple instances.
- :issue:174: allow dynamically loaded relationships for automatically exposed URLs of related instances.
- :issue:176: get model attribute instead of column name when getting name of primary key.
- :issue:182: allow :http:method:post requests that set hybrid properties.
- 🌲 :issue: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.
- :issue:`116`: handle requests which raise :exc:`~sqlalchemy.exc.IntegrityError`.

🔖 Version 0.9.2
```
🚀 Released on February 4, 2013.
- :issue:82,134,136: added request pre- and postprocessors.
- 👍 :issue:120: adds support for JSON-P callbacks in :http:method:get requests.
🔖 Version 0.9.1
```
🚀 Released on January 17, 2013.

- 📚 :issue:`126`: fix documentation build failure due to bug in a dependency.
- :issue:`127`: added "ilike" query operator.

🔖 Version 0.9.0
```
🚀 Released on January 16, 2013.
- ✂ Removed ability to provide a :class:~sqlalchemy.orm.session.Session class when initializing :class:.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.
- :issue:105: added ability to set a list of related model instances on a model.
- :issue:107: server responds with an error code when a :http:method:patch or :http:method:post request specifies a field which does not exist on the model.
- :issue:108: dynamically loaded relationships should now be rendered correctly by the :func:!views._to_dict function regardless of whether they are a list or a single object.
- :issue:109: use sphinxcontrib-issuetracker_ to render links to GitHub issues in documentation.
- :issue:110: enable results_per_page query parameter for clients, and added max_results_per_page keyword argument to :meth:.APIManager.create_api.
- :issue:114: fix bug where string representations of integers were converted to integers.
- :issue:117: allow adding related instances on :http:method:patch requests for one-to-one relationships.
- :issue:123: :http:method:patch requests to instances which do not exist result in a :http:statuscode:404 response.
✅ .. _sphinxcontrib-issuetracker: https://sphinxcontrib-issuetracker.readthedocs.org/en/latest

🔖 Version 0.8.0
```
🚀 Released on November 19, 2012.

- :issue:`94`: :func:`!views._to_dict` should return a single object instead of
  a list when resolving dynamically loaded many-to-one relationships.
- :issue:`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 :func:!views._to_dict function.
- Added exclude_columns keyword argument to :meth:.APIManager.create_api.
- :issue:79: attempted to access attribute of None in constructor of :class:.APIManager.
- :issue:83: allow :http:method:post requests with one-to-one related instances.
- :issue:86: allow specifying include and exclude for related models.
- :issue:91: correctly handle :http:method:post requests to nullable :class:~sqlalchemy.types.DateTime columns.
- :issue:93: Added a total_pages mapping to the JSON response.
- :issue:98: :http:method:get requests to the function evaluation endpoint should not have a data payload.
- :issue:101: exclude in :func:!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 :file:`README` to :file:`README.md`
  when running ``pip bundle foobar Flask-Restless``.
- 🖨 Separated API blueprint creation from registration, using
  :meth:`.APIManager.create_api` and :meth:`.APIManager.create_api_blueprint`.
- ➕ Added support for pure SQLAlchemy in addition to Flask-SQLAlchemy.
- :issue:`74`: Added ``post_form_preprocessor`` keyword argument to
  :meth:`.APIManager.create_api`.
- :issue:`77`: validation errors are now correctly handled on :http:method:`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 :file:examples/separate_endpoints.py, showing how to create separate API endpoints for a single model.
- Added include_columns keyword argument to :meth:.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
  :mod:`!flask_restless.search` module and corrected documentation about how
  function evaluation works.
- Added `allow_functions` keyword argument to :meth:`.APIManager.create_api`.
- 🛠 Fixed bug where we weren't allowing PUT requests in
  :meth:`.APIManager.create_api`.
- Added ``collection_name`` keyword argument to :meth:`.APIManager.create_api`
  to allow user provided names in URLs.
- Added ``allow_patch_many`` keyword argument to :meth:`.APIManager.create_api`
  to allow enabling or disabling the PATCH many functionality.
- 0️⃣ Disable the PATCH many functionality by default.

🔖 Version 0.3
```
🚀 Released on March 4, 2012.
- 🎉 Initial release in Flask extension format.

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