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diff --git a/docs/narr/views.rst b/docs/narr/views.rst index 181a295b5..913f5cd88 100644 --- a/docs/narr/views.rst +++ b/docs/narr/views.rst @@ -461,14 +461,13 @@ request_type This value should be a Python dotted-path string representing the :term:`interface` that the :term:`request` must have in order for - this view to be found and called. See - :ref:`view_request_types_section` for more information about request - types. For backwards compatibility with :mod:`repoze.bfg` version - 1.0, this value may also be an HTTP ``REQUEST_METHOD`` string, e.g. - ('GET', 'HEAD', 'PUT', 'POST', or 'DELETE'). Passing request method - strings as a ``request_type`` is deprecated. Use the - ``request_method`` attribute instead for maximum forward - compatibility. + this view to be found and called. The presence of this attribute is + largely for backwards compatibility with applications written for + :mod:`repoze.bfg` version 1.0. This value may be an HTTP + ``REQUEST_METHOD`` string, e.g. ('GET', 'HEAD', 'PUT', 'POST', or + 'DELETE'). Passing request method strings as a ``request_type`` is + deprecated. Use the ``request_method`` attribute instead for + maximum forward compatibility. request_method @@ -1554,21 +1553,6 @@ rendered in a request that has a ``;charset=utf-8`` stanza on its to Unicode objects implicitly in :mod:`repoze.bfg`'s default configuration. The keys are still strings. -.. _view_request_types_section: - -Custom View Request Types -------------------------- - -You can make use of *custom* view request types by attaching an -:term:`interface` to the request and specifying this interface in the -``request_type`` parameter as a dotted Python name. For example, you -might want to make use of simple "content negotiation", only invoking -a particular view if the request has a content-type of -'application/json'. - -For information about using interface to specify a request type, see -:ref:`using_an_event_to_vary_the_request_type`. - .. _response_request_attrs: Varying Attributes of Rendered Responses |