Rename jsonate_request -> jsonate response. Add deserialize_request. Add APIReqHandler.

README.md

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def my_view(request):
 ## Decorator
 
 The `JsonateResponse` is great, but life could get even easier! The 
-`@jsonate_request` decorator (inspired by the ajax_request decorator
+`@jsonate_response` decorator (inspired by the ajax_request decorator
 in django-annoying) will try to serialize anything a view returns
 (via JsonateResponse) return it in an HttpResponse with mimetype
 "application/json"
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ The only thing it will *not* try to serialize is an HttpResponse.
 example:
 
 ```python
-@jsonate_request
+@jsonate_response
 def my_view(request):
     form = MyForm(request.POST)
     if form.is_valid():

jsonate/decorators.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 from jsonate.http import JsonateResponse
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ def inner(wrapper):
             return wrapper
         return inner
 
-def jsonate_request(func):
+def jsonate_response(func):
     """
     Serializes whatever the view returns to JSON and returns it with
     mimetype "application/json" (uses jsonate.http.JsonateResponse)
@@ -24,11 +25,11 @@ def jsonate_request(func):
 
     examples:
 
-        @jsonate_request
+        @jsonate_response
         def my_view(request):
             return User.objects.all()
 
-        @jsonate_request
+        @jsonate_response
         def my_view(request):
             form = MyForm(request.POST or None)
             if form.is_valid():
@@ -46,4 +47,11 @@ def wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):
             if request.GET.get("callback"):
                 return JsonateResponse(resp, jsonp_callback=request.GET['callback'])
             return JsonateResponse(resp)
-    return wrapper
+    return wrapper
+
+
+def deserialize_request(view_f):
+    "Deserialize a json request body to a Python object."
+    def _view_wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return view_f(json.loads(request.body), *args, **kwargs)
+    return _view_wrapper

jsonate/request_handler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+from django.http import Http404
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+
+
+class APIReqHandler:
+    """
+    The APIReqHandler class provides a wrapper that adds
+    a message parameter to a function that returns a dictionary.
+    Combine with the jsonate_response decorator to use with
+    clients expecting json.
+
+    If the view raised no errors, the message content is 'ok'.
+    Http404 and validation errors return the error message to the client,
+    all other exceptions are raised.
+
+    Example:
+        @jsonate_response
+        def my_view(request, some_arg)
+            return APIReqHandler(my_func).handle(some_arg)
+
+    Parameters:
+     - view_f (function): A function that returns a dictionary.
+     - resp_ok (function, optional): A function to execute if no errors are raised.
+     - resp_err (function, optional): A function to execute if errors are raised.
+
+    Methods:
+        - handle(*args, **kwargs) -- return the function with added message.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, view_f, resp_ok=None, resp_err=None):
+        self.view_f = view_f
+        self.resp_ok = resp_ok or self._resp_ok
+        self.resp_err = resp_err or self._resp_error
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resp_ok(extra):
+        extra_data = extra or {}
+        return {
+            "message": "ok",
+            **{k: v for k, v in extra_data.items()}
+        }
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resp_error(err):
+        return {"message": f"{err.__class__.__name__}: {err}"}
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            return self.resp_ok(self.view_f(*args, **kwargs))
+        except (Http404, ValidationError) as err:
+            return self.resp_err(err)
+        except Exception:
+            raise

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "jsonate"
-version = "0.7.14"
+version = "1.0.0"
 authors = [
     {name = "James Robert"},
     {email = "jiaaro@gmail.com"}
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license = {text = "MIT"}
 keywords = ["django", "json", "templatetags"]
 urls = {homepage = "http://jsonate.com"}
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
-dependencies = ["django>=4.2.6"]
+dependencies = ["django>=5.1.0"]
 readme = "README.md"
 classifiers= [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",