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