Add code to error object if ErrorDetail has code

AUTHORS

@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Beni Keller <beni@matraxi.ch>
 Stas S. <stas@nerd.ro>
 Nathanael Gordon <nathanael.l.gordon@gmail.com>
 Charlie Allatson <charles.allatson@gmail.com>
+Joseba Mendivil <git@jma.email>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ This release is not backwards compatible. For easy migration best upgrade first
 ### Added
 
 * Add support for Django REST framework 3.10.
+* Add code from ErrorDetail into the JSON:API error object
 
 ### Removed
 

example/tests/test_generic_validation.py

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ def test_generic_validation_error(self):
                 'source': {
                     'pointer': '/data'
                 },
-                'detail': 'Oh nohs!'
+                'detail': 'Oh nohs!',
+                'code': 'invalid',
             }]
         }
 

example/tests/test_generic_viewset.py

@@ -65,13 +65,15 @@ def test_default_validation_exceptions(self):
                         'pointer': '/data/attributes/email',
                     },
                     'detail': 'Enter a valid email address.',
+                    'code': 'invalid',
                 },
                 {
                     'status': '400',
                     'source': {
                         'pointer': '/data/attributes/first-name',
                     },
                     'detail': 'There\'s a problem with first name',
+                    'code': 'invalid',
                 }
             ]
         }
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ def test_custom_validation_exceptions(self):
                         'pointer': '/data/attributes/email',
                     },
                     'detail': 'Enter a valid email address.',
+                    'code': 'invalid',
                 },
             ]
         }

example/tests/test_model_viewsets.py

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def test_404_error_pointer(self):
         not_found_url = reverse('user-detail', kwargs={'pk': 12345})
         errors = {
             'errors': [
-                {'detail': 'Not found.', 'status': '404'}
+                {'detail': 'Not found.', 'status': '404', 'code': 'not_found'}
             ]
         }
 

example/tests/test_views.py

@@ -432,7 +432,8 @@ def test_if_returns_error_on_empty_post(self):
         expected = [{
             'detail': 'Received document does not contain primary data',
             'status': '400',
-            'source': {'pointer': '/data'}
+            'source': {'pointer': '/data'},
+            'code': 'parse_error',
         }]
         self.assertEqual(expected, response.data)
 
@@ -443,7 +444,8 @@ def test_if_returns_error_on_missing_form_data_post(self):
         expected = [{
             'status': '400',
             'detail': 'This field is required.',
-            'source': {'pointer': '/data/attributes/name'}
+            'source': {'pointer': '/data/attributes/name'},
+            'code': 'required',
         }]
         self.assertEqual(expected, response.data)
 
@@ -457,7 +459,8 @@ def test_if_returns_error_on_bad_endpoint_name(self):
                 "represented by the endpoint (blogs)."
             ),
             'source': {'pointer': '/data'},
-            'status': '409'
+            'status': '409',
+            'code': 'error',
         }]
         self.assertEqual(expected, response.data)
 

rest_framework_json_api/utils.py

@@ -308,13 +308,7 @@ def format_drf_errors(response, context, exc):
     # handle generic errors. ValidationError('test') in a view for example
     if isinstance(response.data, list):
         for message in response.data:
-            errors.append({
-                'detail': message,
-                'source': {
-                    'pointer': '/data',
-                },
-                'status': encoding.force_text(response.status_code),
-            })
+            errors.append(format_error_object(message, '/data', response))
     # handle all errors thrown from serializers
     else:
         for field, error in response.data.items():
@@ -325,46 +319,40 @@ def format_drf_errors(response, context, exc):
                 errors.append(error)
             elif isinstance(exc, Http404) and isinstance(error, str):
                 # 404 errors don't have a pointer
-                errors.append({
-                    'detail': error,
-                    'status': encoding.force_text(response.status_code),
-                })
+                errors.append(format_error_object(error, None, response))
             elif isinstance(error, str):
                 classes = inspect.getmembers(exceptions, inspect.isclass)
                 # DRF sets the `field` to 'detail' for its own exceptions
                 if isinstance(exc, tuple(x[1] for x in classes)):
                     pointer = '/data'
-                errors.append({
-                    'detail': error,
-                    'source': {
-                        'pointer': pointer,
-                    },
-                    'status': encoding.force_text(response.status_code),
-                })
+                errors.append(format_error_object(error, pointer, response))
             elif isinstance(error, list):
                 for message in error:
-                    errors.append({
-                        'detail': message,
-                        'source': {
-                            'pointer': pointer,
-                        },
-                        'status': encoding.force_text(response.status_code),
-                    })
+                    errors.append(format_error_object(message, pointer, response))
             else:
-                errors.append({
-                    'detail': error,
-                    'source': {
-                        'pointer': pointer,
-                    },
-                    'status': encoding.force_text(response.status_code),
-                })
+                errors.append(format_error_object(error, pointer, response))
 
     context['view'].resource_name = 'errors'
     response.data = errors
 
     return response
 
 
+def format_error_object(message, pointer, response):
+    error_obj = {
+        'detail': message,
+        'status': encoding.force_text(response.status_code),
+    }
+    if pointer is not None:
+        error_obj['source'] = {
+            'pointer': pointer,
+        }
+    code = getattr(message, "code", None)
+    if code is not None:
+        error_obj['code'] = code
+    return error_obj
+
+
 def format_errors(data):
     if len(data) > 1 and isinstance(data, list):
         data.sort(key=lambda x: x.get('source', {}).get('pointer', ''))