Document how clients can monitor deprecation and sunset response headers

documentation/api/change_log.rst

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ v3.0-5 | 2022-12-30
     - ``production-price-sensor`` -> send in ``flex-context`` instead
     - ``inflexible-device-sensors`` -> send in ``flex-context`` instead
 
+- Added a subsection on deprecating and sunsetting to the Introduction section.
+- Added a subsection on describing flexibility to the Notation section.
 
 v3.0-4 | 2022-12-08
 """""""""""""""""""

documentation/api/introduction.rst

@@ -119,3 +119,23 @@ More information about a deprecation, sunset, and possibly recommended replaceme
 - ``"latest-version"``
 - ``"alternate"``
 - ``"sunset"``
+
+Here is a client-side code example in Python (this merely prints out the deprecation header, sunset header and relevant links, and should be revised to make use of the client's monitoring tools):
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+        def check_deprecation_and_sunset(self, url, response):
+        """Print deprecation and sunset headers, along with info links.
+
+        Reference
+        ---------
+        https://flexmeasures.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/introduction.html#deprecation-and-sunset
+        """
+        # Go through the response headers in their given order
+        for header, content in response.headers:
+            if header == "Deprecation":
+                print(f"Your request to {url} returned a deprecation warning. Deprecation: {content}")
+            elif header == "Sunset":
+                print(f"Your request to {url} returned a sunset warning. Sunset: {content}")
+            elif header == "Link" and ('rel="deprecation";' in content or 'rel="sunset";' in content):
+                print(f"Further info is available: {content}")

documentation/changelog.rst

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Infrastructure / Support
 * Revised strategy for removing unchanged beliefs when saving data: retain the oldest measurement (ex-post belief), too [see `PR #518 <http://www.github.com/FlexMeasures/flexmeasures/pull/518>`_]
 * Scheduling test for maximizing self-consumption, and improved time series db queries for fixed tariffs (and other long-term constants) [see `PR #532 <http://www.github.com/FlexMeasures/flexmeasures/pull/532>`_]
 * Clean up table formatting for ``flexmeasures show`` CLI commands [see `PR #540 <http://www.github.com/FlexMeasures/flexmeasures/pull/540>`_]
-* Add  ``"Deprecation"`` and ``"Sunset"`` response headers for API users of deprecated API versions, and log warnings for FlexMeasures hosts when users still use them [see `PR #554 <http://www.github.com/FlexMeasures/flexmeasures/pull/554>`_]
+* Add  ``"Deprecation"`` and ``"Sunset"`` response headers for API users of deprecated API versions, and log warnings for FlexMeasures hosts when users still use them [see `PR #554 <http://www.github.com/FlexMeasures/flexmeasures/pull/554>`_ and `PR #565 <http://www.github.com/FlexMeasures/flexmeasures/pull/565>`_]
 * Explain how to avoid potential ``SMTPRecipientsRefused`` errors when using FlexMeasures in combination with a mail server [see `PR #558 <http://www.github.com/FlexMeasures/flexmeasures/pull/558>`_]
 
 .. warning:: The API endpoint (`[POST] /sensors/(id)/schedules/trigger <api/v3_0.html#post--api-v3_0-sensors-(id)-schedules-trigger>`_) to make new schedules will (in v0.13) sunset the storage flexibility parameters (they move to the ``flex-model`` parameter group), as well as the parameters describing other sensors (they move to ``flex-context``).

flexmeasures/api/common/utils/deprecation_utils.py

@@ -133,22 +133,19 @@ def _add_headers(
     sunset: str | None,
     sunset_link: str | None,
 ) -> Response:
-    response.headers["Deprecation"] = deprecation
-    if sunset:
-        response.headers["Sunset"] = sunset
+    response.headers.extend({"Deprecation": deprecation})
     if deprecation_link:
         response = _add_link(response, deprecation_link, "deprecation")
+    if sunset:
+        response.headers.extend({"Sunset": sunset})
     if sunset_link:
         response = _add_link(response, sunset_link, "sunset")
     return response
 
 
 def _add_link(response: Response, link: str, rel: str) -> Response:
     link_text = f'<{link}>; rel="{rel}"; type="text/html"'
-    if response.headers.get("Link"):
-        response.headers["Link"] += f", {link_text}"
-    else:
-        response.headers["Link"] = link_text
+    response.headers.extend({"Link": link_text})
     return response
 
 

flexmeasures/api/tests/utils.py

@@ -114,17 +114,25 @@ def check_deprecation(
     """Check deprecation and sunset headers.
 
     Also make sure we link to some url for further info.
+    If deprecation is None, make sure there are *no* deprecation headers.
+    If sunset is None, make sure there are *no* sunset headers.
     """
     print(response.headers)
     if deprecation:
-        assert deprecation in response.headers.get("Deprecation", [])
-        assert 'rel="deprecation"' in response.headers.get("Link", [])
+        assert deprecation in response.headers.getlist("Deprecation")
+        assert any(
+            'rel="deprecation"' in link for link in response.headers.getlist("Link")
+        )
     else:
-        assert deprecation not in response.headers.get("Deprecation", [])
-        assert 'rel="deprecation"' not in response.headers.get("Link", [])
+        assert deprecation not in response.headers.getlist("Deprecation")
+        assert all(
+            'rel="deprecation"' not in link for link in response.headers.getlist("Link")
+        )
     if sunset:
-        assert sunset in response.headers.get("Sunset", [])
-        assert 'rel="sunset"' in response.headers.get("Link", [])
+        assert sunset in response.headers.getlist("Sunset")
+        assert any('rel="sunset"' in link for link in response.headers.getlist("Link"))
     else:
-        assert sunset not in response.headers.get("Sunset", [])
-        assert 'rel="sunset"' not in response.headers.get("Link", [])
+        assert sunset not in response.headers.getlist("Sunset")
+        assert all(
+            'rel="sunset"' not in link for link in response.headers.getlist("Link")
+        )