Allow request method to be set

flask-api · jacebrowning · Jun 15, 2021 · Jun 2, 2021 · Jun 2, 2021 · Jun 2, 2021
commit 766a2448bc9ab10d7736c6f9abfd3f559655aa82
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ endif
 .PHONY: test
 test: install ## Run unit and integration tests
 	$(NOSE) $(PACKAGE) $(NOSE_OPTIONS)
-	$(COVERAGESPACE) $(REPOSITORY) overall
+	$(COVERAGESPACE) update overall
 
 .PHONY: read-coverage
 read-coverage:

diff --git a/docs/about/release-notes.md b/docs/about/release-notes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## Version 3.0
+## Version 3.0 (beta)
 
 * Dropped support for Flask `<2.0`.
 

diff --git a/flask_api/__init__.py b/flask_api/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from flask_api.app import FlaskAPI
 
-__version__ = '3.0'
+__version__ = '3.0b2'
diff --git a/flask_api/request.py b/flask_api/request.py
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ def method(self):
             self._perform_method_overloading()
         return self._method
 
+    @method.setter
+    def method(self, value):
+        self._method = value
+
     @property
     def content_type(self):
         if not hasattr(self, '_content_type'):
@@ -138,7 +142,10 @@ def _perform_method_overloading(self):
         Also provides support for browser non-form requests (eg JSON),
         by specifing '_content' and '_content_type' form fields.
         """
-        self._method = super(APIRequest, self).method
+        try:
+            self._method = super(APIRequest, self).method
+        except AttributeError:
+            self._method = ''
         self._stream = super(APIRequest, self).stream
         self._content_type = self.headers.get('Content-Type')
         self._content_length = get_content_length(self.environ)

diff --git a/flask_api/tests/test_parsers.py b/flask_api/tests/test_parsers.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def test_invalid_multipart(self):
         with self.assertRaises(exceptions.ParseError) as context:
             parser.parse(stream, media_type, content_length=len('invalid'))
         detail = str(context.exception)
-        expected = 'Multipart parse error - Expected boundary at start of multipart data'
+        expected = 'Multipart parse error - Invalid form-data cannot parse beyond State.PREAMBLE'
         self.assertEqual(detail, expected)
 
     def test_invalid_multipart_no_boundary(self):