Verbose Errors

A simple package for DRF errors formatting

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or newer
• Django 3.2 or newer
• Django Rest Framework 3.14 or newer

Formatting

This package provides the exception handler that formats handled DRF exceptions into verbose error response

Generic error

{
"errors":[
{
"field":null,
"messages":[
"You do not have enough permissions to perform this action"
]
}
]
}

Error related to an object field

{
"errors":[
{
"field":"name",
"messages":[
"This field is required",
"This field can not be null"
]
}
]
}

Installation

You can install this package using pip:

pip install djangorestframework-verbose-errors

Configuration

Configure your project in order to use the exception handler:

REST_FRAMEWORK={
'EXCEPTION_HANDLER':'rest_framework_verbose_errors.views.exception_handler',
}

License

MIT