Prefer simple JSON when possible - #1372
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fixes: pulp#1370 Generated-by: gpt-5.6-luna
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PyPI Simple API now prefers JSON when clients advertise both PyPI Simple JSON and HTML. Functional tests verify content negotiation, upload-time metadata, and separate HTML and JSON cache responses. ChangesPyPI Simple API negotiation
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The Simple API can return JSON to clients that explicitly exclude it with a zero-quality Accept range, causing content-negotiation incompatibility for those clients. This bounded API behavior should be corrected and regression-tested before merge. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@pulp_python/app/pypi/views.py`:
- Around line 327-328: Update SimpleView.get_renderers to parse the Accept media
ranges and only prioritize PyPISimpleJSONRenderer when the PyPI JSON media type
is not assigned q=0; preserve the existing renderer behavior for accepted JSON
requests. Add a regression test in test_pypi_simple_api.py covering an Accept
header with application/vnd.pypi.simple.v1+json;q=0.
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| if PYPI_SIMPLE_V1_JSON in accept: | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- target view ---'
sed -n '280,350p' pulp_python/app/pypi/views.py
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant symbols and tests ---'
rg -n -C 3 'PYPI_SIMPLE_V1_JSON|PyPISimpleJSONRenderer|Accept:|HTTP_ACCEPT|accept' pulp_python/app/pypi/views.py pulp_python/tests/functional/api/test_pypi_simple_api.py
printf '%s\n' '--- repository pins/relevant DRF references ---'
rg -n -C 2 'djangorestframework|rest_framework|Django REST framework' pyproject.toml setup.py setup.cfg requirements* pulp_python 2>/dev/null | head -200Repository: pulp/pulp_python
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for p in [Path('pulp_python/app/pypi/views.py'),
Path('pulp_python/tests/functional/api/test_pypi_simple_api.py')]:
print(f'--- {p} ({sum(1 for _ in p.open())} lines) ---')
text=p.read_text()
for i,line in enumerate(text.splitlines(),1):
if 300 <= i <= 340 and p.name == 'views.py' or ('accept' in line.lower() or 'json' in line.lower()) and p.name == 'test_pypi_simple_api.py':
print(f'{i}: {line}')
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printf '%s\n' '--- exact DRF dependency declarations ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- DRF dependency references ---'
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rg -n -C 5 'Accept|HTTP_ACCEPT|content_type|simple.v1|json' pulp_python/tests/functional/api/test_pypi_simple_api.py || true
printf '%s\n' '--- dependency declarations ---'
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🌐 Web query:
DRF 3.15.2 rest_framework negotiation.py _MediaType q quality parameter source
💡 Result:
In Django REST Framework (DRF) version 3.15.2, the negotiation logic within rest_framework/negotiation.py does not natively utilize the 'q' (quality) parameter from the HTTP 'Accept' header to influence renderer selection [1][2]. Historically, DRF's default content negotiation has operated by prioritizing media type specificity and the order of renderers defined in the settings, explicitly opting not to implement 'q' value weighting [1][3]. The _MediaType class and associated utilities are responsible for parsing media types, but they have traditionally focused on precedence rather than quality-weighted preference [4][2]. It is important to note that while some community discussions and recent developments indicate interest or efforts to change this behavior (such as commit 7961497 which surfaced in mid-2026 to honor 'q' values) [5], version 3.15.2 maintains the established behavior where 'q' values are not used [1][3]. If your specific environment or a patch has introduced this, it deviates from the long-standing core design documented in the official DRF content negotiation guide [1][3]. For developers requiring RFC-compliant 'q' value weighting, the recommended approach remains implementing a custom content negotiation class by overriding BaseContentNegotiation [1][3].
Citations:
- 1: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/content-negotiation/
- 2: GitHub discussion 9986 in encode/django-rest-framework (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 3: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/main/docs/api-guide/content-negotiation.md
- 4: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/main/rest_framework/negotiation.py
- 5: encode/django-rest-framework@7961497
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Do not prioritize JSON when the client sets q=0.
In SimpleView.get_renderers, the substring check matches application/vnd.pypi.simple.v1+json;q=0 and puts PyPISimpleJSONRenderer first. DRF 3.15.2 does not use q values during matching, so it can return JSON even though the client excludes it. Parse the media ranges and skip the JSON-first override when JSON has quality 0. Add this header as a regression case in pulp_python/tests/functional/api/test_pypi_simple_api.py.
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In `@pulp_python/app/pypi/views.py` around lines 327 - 328, Update
SimpleView.get_renderers to parse the Accept media ranges and only prioritize
PyPISimpleJSONRenderer when the PyPI JSON media type is not assigned q=0;
preserve the existing renderer behavior for accepted JSON requests. Add a
regression test in test_pypi_simple_api.py covering an Accept header with
application/vnd.pypi.simple.v1+json;q=0.
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A more simple fix vs adding proper q-selection negotiation, all the modern tools want to use JSON so it should be default when possible.
fixes: #1370
Generated-by: gpt-5.6-luna
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