perf(request): Optimize HTTP date parsing

Don't check for obsolete date formats by default. When obsolete date
formats are not enabled, av...

fix(util) Add support for obsolete HTTP date formats

Ensure HTTP headers and values are string types per PEP3333. This
fixes WSGI servers running und...

Updated quickstart examples to inherit from object (new-style classes)

Closes #565

Allow URI template fields to contain numbers so long as the field name
does not start with a num...

Starting in Python 3.4.3 the attributes *httponly* and *secure* are
camelcased when serialized. ...

Add support for setting the realm to the HTTPUnauthorized class

feat(response): Add get_header method

Previously there was no way to check if a header had been set on
a response, without accessing _...

docs(tutorial): note depreciation of global hooks

* In L551, remove the "or even globally" clause.
* In L561-L563, remove reference to global hoo...

Add additional HTTP status codes

Implementation of response codes from http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6585

- remove global hook code example
- add mention of middleware
- add reference link to middle...

doc(Tutorial): Fixed hooks interface in tutorial

Hooks section in the Tutorial was a bit misleading
because hooks interface in examples was outda...

fix: Make invalid, missing param error messages more generic

These errors may refer to form params, not just query string params. Adjust
the response message...

chore: Add smoke test to Jython Travis job

doc(README): Mention Jython 2.7 support

chore(Jython): Update Travis script to pull Jython 2.7.0 final

doc(Tutorial): Improvements to the msgpack example

Add more detailed instructions on how to use msgpack as a serialization
alternative to the defau...

fix(routing): Restore compile_uri_template

fix(DefaultRouter): Handle additional edge cases

Restore the compile_uri_template function to the routing module to
ensure backwards compatibilit...

fix(Request): get_header raises the wrong exception

Modify req.get_header to raise HTTPMissingHeader and update the relevant
test to verify the fix....

chore: Do not profile code for regular py27 env

1. The order routes are added should not matter
2. Ensure entire path is consumed before returni...

fix(DefaultRouter): Regression with mixed static and dynamic route segments

The DefaultRouter will now allow static routes to be placed before
simple variable ones. Placin...

Based on RFC 7235, add challenges to HTTP Unauthorized to indicate
authentication scheme. A serve...

fix(testing): Restore httpnow

falcon.testing.httpnow was removed by a previous commit. Restore it as an
alias for the sake of ...

doc(Changelog): Added changelog for 0.3.0

doc: Fix misc sphinx warnings

doc(Response): Clean up set_cookie() docstring

perf(Request): Remove extra datetime namespace lookup

doc(util): Document the TimezoneGTM class

doc(Routing): Update documentation per new routing engine

Clean up documentation regarding routing. Remove references to RFC 6570 and
mention the new supp...

Hoist datetime methods so that they can be called directly, thus avoiding
an additional namespac...

Edit the docstring for clarity and accuracy. Remove unnecessary language
copy-pasted from the RFC.

doc(Request): Fix up get_param_as_date docstring

fix(Router): Fix some edge-case bugs in the new compiled router

Standardize the docstring, fix typos, and add whitespace to code to
enhance readability.

feat(request): Add function to get param as date

A few edge cases were not included in the test suite. Add additional tests
and fix any bugs that...

Update http_date_to_dt to support obsolete date formats per RFC 7231.

Fixes #255

A user requested a feature where a param could be automatically parsed into a date.

closes #293

perf: Minor performance optimizations

Avoid dictionary lookups when resolving names of imported functions
by importing them directly i...

Do not create an additional empty params dict when the query string
contains parameters.

feat(Response) Add cookie helpers

Minor typo

Also renaming httponly to http_only (still called httponly in
the cookie, ofc)

feat(api) Add HTTPStatus exception for immediate response

feat(routing): New router architecture and faster default router

This replaces the routing logic with a new, faster strategy based on on-the-fly
generation of Py...

chore(PyPI): Adding PyPI classifier for Jython

fix(Request): Return date headers as datetime objects

style(pep8): Allow lines up to 99 characters

doc(AUTHORS): Add Clara. Thanks for contributing!

feat(general): support Jython 2.7rc2

Add an HTTPStatus exception that is handled similarly to HTTPError in
terms of hooks and middlew...

Change if-modified-since and if-unmodified-since headers to datetime
objects instead of strings....

Change flake8 config in tox.ini to allow lines up to 99 characters

chore(cython): Recusively remove compiled module files

docs(api): Add info to docstring about resource middleware

doc(install) Warn about python updates when using cython

Modify clean_cythoned.sh to recusively delete compilation artifacts.

fix(request.range): Require bytes prefix for range

The docstring for the api class has info about middleware.
The part about resource middleware wa...

The range attribute of the Request object now requires that the value be prefix with 'bytes='

F...

Closes #476