Always allow resource creation via global list

awx/api/views/__init__.py

@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ class InstanceGroupInstanceList(InstanceGroupMembershipMixin, SubListAttachDetac
     search_fields = ('hostname',)
 
 
-class ScheduleList(ListAPIView):
+class ScheduleList(ListCreateAPIView):
 
     view_name = _("Schedules")
     model = Schedule
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ class ProjectUpdateNotificationsList(SubListAPIView):
     search_fields = ('subject', 'notification_type', 'body',)
 
 
-class ProjectUpdateScmInventoryUpdates(SubListCreateAPIView):
+class ProjectUpdateScmInventoryUpdates(SubListAPIView):
 
     view_name = _("Project Update SCM Inventory Updates")
     model = InventoryUpdate
@@ -1484,10 +1484,11 @@ class OAuth2TokenActivityStreamList(ActivityStreamEnforcementMixin, SubListAPIVi
     search_fields = ('changes',)
 
 
-class UserTeamsList(ListAPIView):
+class UserTeamsList(SubListAPIView):
 
-    model = User
+    model = Team
     serializer_class = TeamSerializer
+    parent_model = User
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         u = get_object_or_404(User, pk=self.kwargs['pk'])
@@ -1665,7 +1666,7 @@ class CredentialTypeDetail(RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
         return super(CredentialTypeDetail, self).destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-class CredentialTypeCredentialList(SubListAPIView):
+class CredentialTypeCredentialList(SubListCreateAPIView):
 
     model = Credential
     parent_model = CredentialType

awx/main/tests/unit/test_views.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from rest_framework.generics import ListAPIView
 # AWX
 from awx.main.views import ApiErrorView
 from awx.api.views import JobList, InventorySourceList
+from awx.api.generics import ListCreateAPIView, SubListAttachDetachAPIView
 
 
 HTTP_METHOD_NAMES = [
@@ -73,3 +74,30 @@ def test_views_have_search_fields(all_views):
                 for v in views_missing_search
             ]))
         )
+
+
+def test_global_creation_always_possible(all_views):
+    """To not make life very difficult for clients, this test
+    asserts that all creatable resources can be created by
+    POSTing to the global resource list
+    """
+    views_by_model = {}
+    for View in all_views:
+        if not getattr(View, 'deprecated', False) and issubclass(View, ListAPIView) and hasattr(View, 'model'):
+            views_by_model.setdefault(View.model, []).append(View)
+    for model, views in views_by_model.items():
+        creatable = False
+        global_view = None
+        creatable_view = None
+        for View in views:
+            if '{}ListView'.format(model.__name__) == View.__name__:
+                global_view = View
+            if issubclass(View, ListCreateAPIView) and not issubclass(View, SubListAttachDetachAPIView):
+                creatable = True
+                creatable_view = View
+        if not creatable or not global_view:
+            continue
+        assert 'POST' in global_view().allowed_methods, (
+            'Resource {} should be creatable in global list view {}. '
+            'Can be created now in {}'.format(model, global_view, creatable_view)
+        )