diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
index 35c010e..368e8e4 100644
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ coverage:
 
     changes:
       default:
-        enabled: yes
-        if_no_uploads: error
-        if_ci_failed: error
+        enabled: no
 
 comment: false
diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 9f1c676..e9f607d 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ exclude_lines =
 
     # Don't complain if tests don't hit defensive assertion code:
     raise AssertionError
+    raise TypeError
     raise NotImplementedError
     warnings.warn
 
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ exclude_lines =
     if 0:
     if __name__ == .__main__.:
 
+    # Don't complain if we don't hit invalid schema configurations
+    raise SwaggerGenerationError
+
 ignore_errors = True
 precision = 0
 
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
index 2af15d1..a13a35f 100644
--- a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
+++ b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         </value>
       </option>
     </inspection_tool>
-    <inspection_tool class="PyPep8NamingInspection" enabled="true" level="WEAK WARNING" enabled_by_default="true">
+    <inspection_tool class="PyPep8NamingInspection" enabled="false" level="WEAK WARNING" enabled_by_default="false">
       <option name="ignoredErrors">
         <list>
           <option value="N806" />
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index d804cf1..0000000
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[pytest]
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = testproj.settings
-python_paths = testproj
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 3b7fd2b..34076c9 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pytest-django>=3.1.2
 pytest-pythonpath>=0.7.1
 pytest-cov>=2.5.1
+datadiff==2.0.0
 
 # test project requirements
 Pillow>=4.3.0
diff --git a/src/drf_swagger/codecs.py b/src/drf_swagger/codecs.py
index fd2ab14..45eafbd 100644
--- a/src/drf_swagger/codecs.py
+++ b/src/drf_swagger/codecs.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import copy
 import json
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
@@ -5,9 +6,9 @@ from coreapi.compat import force_bytes
 from future.utils import raise_from
 from ruamel import yaml
 
-from drf_swagger.app_settings import swagger_settings
-from drf_swagger.errors import SwaggerValidationError
 from . import openapi
+from .app_settings import swagger_settings
+from .errors import SwaggerValidationError
 
 
 def _validate_flex(spec, codec):
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ class _OpenAPICodec(object):
 
         spec = self.generate_swagger_object(document)
         for validator in self.validators:
-            VALIDATORS[validator](spec, self)
+            # validate a deepcopy of the spec to prevent the validator from messing with it
+            # for example, swagger_spec_validator adds an x-scope property to all references
+            VALIDATORS[validator](copy.deepcopy(spec), self)
         return force_bytes(self._dump_dict(spec))
 
     def encode_error(self, err):
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ class SaneYamlDumper(yaml.SafeDumper):
         return node
 
 
+SaneYamlDumper.add_representer(OrderedDict, SaneYamlDumper.represent_odict)
 SaneYamlDumper.add_multi_representer(OrderedDict, SaneYamlDumper.represent_odict)
 
 
diff --git a/src/drf_swagger/generators.py b/src/drf_swagger/generators.py
index 1c1e952..a6e4c88 100644
--- a/src/drf_swagger/generators.py
+++ b/src/drf_swagger/generators.py
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ from coreapi.compat import force_text
 from rest_framework.schemas.generators import SchemaGenerator
 from rest_framework.schemas.inspectors import get_pk_description
 
-from drf_swagger.inspectors import SwaggerAutoSchema
 from . import openapi
+from .inspectors import SwaggerAutoSchema
+from .openapi import ReferenceResolver
 
 
 class OpenAPISchemaGenerator(object):
@@ -20,17 +21,13 @@ class OpenAPISchemaGenerator(object):
         self._gen = SchemaGenerator(info.title, url, info.get('description', ''), patterns, urlconf)
         self.info = info
         self.version = version
-        self.endpoints = None
         self.url = url
 
     def get_schema(self, request=None, public=False):
         """Generate an openapi.Swagger representing the API schema."""
-        if self.endpoints is None:
-            inspector = self._gen.endpoint_inspector_cls(self._gen.patterns, self._gen.urlconf)
-            self.endpoints = inspector.get_api_endpoints()
-
-        self.clean_endpoints(None if public else request)
-        paths = self.get_paths()
+        endpoints = self.get_endpoints(None if public else request)
+        components = ReferenceResolver(openapi.SCHEMA_DEFINITIONS)
+        paths = self.get_paths(endpoints, components)
 
         url = self._gen.url
         if not url and request is not None:
@@ -38,30 +35,37 @@ class OpenAPISchemaGenerator(object):
 
         return openapi.Swagger(
             info=self.info, paths=paths,
-            _url=url, _version=self.version,
+            _url=url, _version=self.version, **components
         )
 
-    def create_view(self, callback, method, request):
+    def create_view(self, callback, method, request=None):
+        """Create a view instance from a view callback as registered in urlpatterns."""
         view = self._gen.create_view(callback, method, request)
         overrides = getattr(callback, 'swagger_auto_schema', None)
         if overrides is not None:
-            # decorated function based view
+            # decorated function based view must have its decorator information passed on to th re-instantiated view
             for method, _ in overrides.items():
                 view_method = getattr(view, method, None)
                 if view_method is not None:
                     setattr(view_method.__func__, 'swagger_auto_schema', overrides)
         return view
 
-    def clean_endpoints(self, request):
-        """Generate {path: (view_class, [(method, view)]) given (path, method, callback)."""
+    def get_endpoints(self, request=None):
+        """Iterate over all the registered endpoints in the API.
+
+        :param rest_framework.request.Request request: used for returning only endpoints available to the given request
+        :return: {path: (view_class, list[(http_method, view_instance)])"""
+        inspector = self._gen.endpoint_inspector_cls(self._gen.patterns, self._gen.urlconf)
+        endpoints = inspector.get_api_endpoints()
+
         view_paths = defaultdict(list)
         view_cls = {}
-        for path, method, callback in self.endpoints:
+        for path, method, callback in endpoints:
             view = self.create_view(callback, method, request)
             path = self._gen.coerce_path(path, method, view)
             view_paths[path].append((method, view))
             view_cls[path] = callback.cls
-        self.endpoints = {path: (view_cls[path], methods) for path, methods in view_paths.items()}
+        return {path: (view_cls[path], methods) for path, methods in view_paths.items()}
 
     def get_operation_keys(self, subpath, method, view):
         """
@@ -77,14 +81,20 @@ class OpenAPISchemaGenerator(object):
         """
         return self._gen.get_keys(subpath, method, view)
 
-    def get_paths(self):
-        if not self.endpoints:
-            return []
-        prefix = self._gen.determine_path_prefix(self.endpoints.keys())
+    def get_paths(self, endpoints, components):
+        """Generate the Swagger Paths for the API from the given endpoints.
+
+        :param dict endpoints: endpoints as returned by get_endpoints
+        :param ReferenceResolver components: resolver/container for Swagger References
+        """
+        if not endpoints:
+            return openapi.Paths(paths={})
+
+        prefix = self._gen.determine_path_prefix(endpoints.keys())
         paths = OrderedDict()
 
         default_schema_cls = SwaggerAutoSchema
-        for path, (view_cls, methods) in sorted(self.endpoints.items()):
+        for path, (view_cls, methods) in sorted(endpoints.items()):
             path_parameters = self.get_path_parameters(path, view_cls)
             operations = {}
             for method, view in methods:
@@ -94,7 +104,7 @@ class OpenAPISchemaGenerator(object):
                 operation_keys = self.get_operation_keys(path[len(prefix):], method, view)
                 overrides = self.get_overrides(view, method)
                 auto_schema_cls = overrides.get('auto_schema', default_schema_cls)
-                schema = auto_schema_cls(view, path, method, overrides)
+                schema = auto_schema_cls(view, path, method, overrides, components)
                 operations[method.lower()] = schema.get_operation(operation_keys)
 
             paths[path] = openapi.PathItem(parameters=path_parameters, **operations)
diff --git a/src/drf_swagger/inspectors.py b/src/drf_swagger/inspectors.py
index bf9ed3c..b3782f2 100644
--- a/src/drf_swagger/inspectors.py
+++ b/src/drf_swagger/inspectors.py
@@ -1,160 +1,45 @@
-import functools
 import inspect
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 import coreschema
-from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
-from rest_framework import serializers
+from rest_framework import serializers, status
 from rest_framework.request import is_form_media_type
 from rest_framework.schemas import AutoSchema
+from rest_framework.status import is_success
 from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
 
-from drf_swagger.errors import SwaggerGenerationError
 from . import openapi
-from .utils import no_body, is_list_view
+from .errors import SwaggerGenerationError
+from .utils import serializer_field_to_swagger, no_body, is_list_view
 
 
-def serializer_field_to_swagger(field, swagger_object_type, **kwargs):
-    """Convert a drf Serializer or Field instance into a Swagger object.
+def force_serializer_instance(serializer):
+    if inspect.isclass(serializer):
+        assert issubclass(serializer, serializers.BaseSerializer), "Serializer required, not %s" % serializer.__name__
+        return serializer()
 
-    :param rest_framework.serializers.Field field: the source field
-    :param type swagger_object_type: should be one of Schema, Parameter, Items
-    :param kwargs: extra attributes for constructing the object;
-       if swagger_object_type is Parameter, `name` and `in_` should be provided
-    :return Swagger,Parameter,Items: the swagger object
-    """
-    assert swagger_object_type in (openapi.Schema, openapi.Parameter, openapi.Items)
-    title = force_text(field.label) if field.label else None
-    title = title if swagger_object_type == openapi.Schema else None  # only Schema has title
-    title = None
-    description = force_text(field.help_text) if field.help_text else None
-    description = description if swagger_object_type != openapi.Items else None  # Items has no description either
-
-    SwaggerType = functools.partial(swagger_object_type, title=title, description=description, **kwargs)
-    # arrays in Schema have Schema elements, arrays in Parameter and Items have Items elements
-    ChildSwaggerType = openapi.Schema if swagger_object_type == openapi.Schema else openapi.Items
-
-    # ------ NESTED
-    if isinstance(field, (serializers.ListSerializer, serializers.ListField)):
-        child_schema = serializer_field_to_swagger(field.child, ChildSwaggerType)
-        return SwaggerType(
-            type=openapi.TYPE_ARRAY,
-            items=child_schema,
-        )
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.Serializer):
-        if swagger_object_type != openapi.Schema:
-            raise SwaggerGenerationError("cannot instantiate nested serializer as "
-                                         + swagger_object_type.__name__)
-        return SwaggerType(
-            type=openapi.TYPE_OBJECT,
-            properties=OrderedDict(
-                (key, serializer_field_to_swagger(value, ChildSwaggerType))
-                for key, value
-                in field.fields.items()
-            )
-        )
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.ManyRelatedField):
-        child_schema = serializer_field_to_swagger(field.child_relation, ChildSwaggerType)
-        return SwaggerType(
-            type=openapi.TYPE_ARRAY,
-            items=child_schema,
-            unique_items=True,  # is this OK?
-        )
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.RelatedField):
-        # TODO: infer type for PrimaryKeyRelatedField?
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING)
-    # ------ CHOICES
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.MultipleChoiceField):
-        return SwaggerType(
-            type=openapi.TYPE_ARRAY,
-            items=ChildSwaggerType(
-                type=openapi.TYPE_STRING,
-                enum=list(field.choices.keys())
-            )
-        )
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.ChoiceField):
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, enum=list(field.choices.keys()))
-    # ------ BOOL
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.BooleanField):
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_BOOLEAN)
-    # ------ NUMERIC
-    elif isinstance(field, (serializers.DecimalField, serializers.FloatField)):
-        # TODO: min_value max_value
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_NUMBER)
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.IntegerField):
-        # TODO: min_value max_value
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_INTEGER)
-    # ------ STRING
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.EmailField):
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_EMAIL)
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.RegexField):
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, pattern=find_regex(field))
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.SlugField):
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_SLUG)
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.URLField):
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_URI)
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.IPAddressField):
-        format = {'ipv4': openapi.FORMAT_IPV4, 'ipv6': openapi.FORMAT_IPV6}.get(field.protocol, None)
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=format)
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.CharField):
-        # TODO: min_length max_length (for all CharField subclasses above too)
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING)
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.UUIDField):
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_UUID)
-    # ------ DATE & TIME
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.DateField):
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_DATE)
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.DateTimeField):
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_DATETIME)
-    # ------ OTHERS
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.FileField):
-        # swagger 2.0 does not support specifics about file fields, so ImageFile gets no special treatment
-        # OpenAPI 3.0 does support it, so a future implementation could handle this better
-        # TODO: appropriate produces/consumes somehow/somewhere?
-        if swagger_object_type != openapi.Parameter:
-            raise SwaggerGenerationError("parameter of type file is supported only in formData Parameter")
-        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_FILE)
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.JSONField):
-        return SwaggerType(
-            type=openapi.TYPE_STRING,
-            format=openapi.FORMAT_BINARY if field.binary else None
-        )
-    elif isinstance(field, serializers.DictField) and swagger_object_type == openapi.Schema:
-        child_schema = serializer_field_to_swagger(field.child, ChildSwaggerType)
-        return SwaggerType(
-            type=openapi.TYPE_OBJECT,
-            additional_properties=child_schema
-        )
-
-    # TODO unhandled fields: TimeField DurationField HiddenField ModelField NullBooleanField?
-    # TODO: return info about required/allowed empty
-
-    # everything else gets string by default
-    return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING)
-
-
-def find_regex(regex_field):
-    regex_validator = None
-    for validator in regex_field.validators:
-        if isinstance(validator, RegexValidator):
-            if regex_validator is not None:
-                # bail if multiple validators are found - no obvious way to choose
-                return None
-            regex_validator = validator
-
-    # regex_validator.regex should be a compiled re object...
-    return getattr(getattr(regex_validator, 'regex', None), 'pattern', None)
+    assert isinstance(serializer, serializers.BaseSerializer), \
+        "Serializer class or instance required, not %s" % type(serializer).__name__
+    return serializer
 
 
 class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
-    def __init__(self, view, path, method, overrides):
+    def __init__(self, view, path, method, overrides, components):
+        """Inspector class responsible for providing Operation definitions given a
+
+        :param view: the view associated with this endpoint
+        :param str path: the path component of the operation URL
+        :param str method: the http method of the operation
+        :param dict overrides: manual overrides as passed to @swagger_auto_schema
+        :param openapi.ReferenceResolver components: referenceable components
+        """
         super(SwaggerAutoSchema, self).__init__()
         self._sch = AutoSchema()
         self.view = view
         self.path = path
         self.method = method
         self.overrides = overrides
+        self.components = components
         self._sch.view = view
 
     def get_operation(self, operation_keys):
@@ -163,7 +48,7 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
 
         :param tuple[str] operation_keys: an array of keys describing the hierarchical layout of this view in the API;
           e.g. ('snippets', 'list'), ('snippets', 'retrieve'), etc.
-        :return openapi.Operation: the resulting Operation object
+        :return: the resulting Operation object
         """
         consumes = self.get_consumes()
 
@@ -177,7 +62,7 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
         description = self.get_description()
 
         responses = self.get_responses()
-        # manual_responses = self.overrides.get('responses', None) or {}
+
         return openapi.Operation(
             operation_id='_'.join(operation_keys),
             description=description,
@@ -194,7 +79,8 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
           - a list of primitive Parameters parsed as form data
 
         :param list[str] consumes: a list of MIME types this request accepts as body
-        :return list[Parameter]: a (potentially empty) list of openapi.Parameter in: either `body` or `formData`
+        :return: a (potentially empty) list of openapi.Parameter in: either `body` or `formData`
+        :rtype: list[openapi.Parameter]
         """
         # only PUT, PATCH or POST can have a request body
         if self.method not in ('PUT', 'PATCH', 'POST'):
@@ -205,7 +91,7 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
         if serializer is None:
             return []
 
-        if isinstance(serializer, openapi.Schema):
+        if isinstance(serializer, openapi.Schema.OR_REF):
             schema = serializer
 
         if any(is_form_media_type(encoding) for encoding in consumes):
@@ -220,17 +106,17 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
     def get_request_serializer(self):
         """Return the request serializer (used for parsing the request payload) for this endpoint.
 
-        :return serializers.Serializer: the request serializer
+        :return: the request serializer
+        :rtype: serializers.BaseSerializer
         """
         body_override = self.overrides.get('request_body', None)
 
         if body_override is not None:
             if body_override is no_body:
                 return None
-            if inspect.isclass(body_override):
-                assert issubclass(body_override, serializers.Serializer)
-                return body_override()
-            return body_override
+            if isinstance(body_override, openapi.Schema.OR_REF):
+                return body_override
+            return force_serializer_instance(body_override)
         else:
             if not hasattr(self.view, 'get_serializer'):
                 return None
@@ -240,33 +126,37 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
         """Given a Serializer, return a list of in: formData Parameters.
 
         :param serializer: the view's request serialzier
+        :rtype: list[openapi.Parameter]
         """
+        fields = getattr(serializer, 'fields', {})
         return [
-            self.field_to_swagger(value, openapi.Parameter, name=key, in_=openapi.IN_FORM)
+            self.field_to_parameter(value, key, openapi.IN_FORM)
             for key, value
-            in serializer.fields.items()
+            in fields.items()
         ]
 
     def get_request_body_schema(self, serializer):
         """Return the Schema for a given request's body data. Only applies to PUT, PATCH and POST requests.
 
-        :param serializer: the view's request serialzier
-        :return openapi.Schema: the request body schema
+        :param serializers.BaseSerializer serializer: the view's request serialzier
+        :return: the request body schema
+        :rtype: openapi.Schema
         """
-        return self.field_to_swagger(serializer, openapi.Schema)
+        return self.serializer_to_schema(serializer)
 
     def make_body_parameter(self, schema):
         """Given a Schema object, create an in: body Parameter.
 
         :param openapi.Schema schema: the request body schema
         """
-        return openapi.Parameter(name='data', in_=openapi.IN_BODY, schema=schema)
+        return openapi.Parameter(name='data', in_=openapi.IN_BODY, required=True, schema=schema)
 
     def add_manual_parameters(self, parameters):
         """Add/replace parameters from the given list of automatically generated request parameters.
 
         :param list[openapi.Parameter] parameters: genereated parameters
-        :return list[openapi.Parameter]: modified parameters
+        :return: modified parameters
+        :rtype: list[openapi.Parameter]
         """
         parameters = OrderedDict(((param.name, param.in_), param) for param in parameters)
         manual_parameters = self.overrides.get('manual_parameters', None) or []
@@ -284,13 +174,56 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
     def get_responses(self):
         """Get the possible responses for this view as a swagger Responses object.
 
-        :return Responses: the documented responses
+        :return: the documented responses
         """
         response_serializers = self.get_response_serializers()
         return openapi.Responses(
             responses=self.get_response_schemas(response_serializers)
         )
 
+    def get_paged_response_schema(self, response_schema):
+        """Add appropriate paging fields to a response Schema.
+
+        :param openapi.Schema response_schema: the response schema that must be paged.
+        """
+        assert response_schema.type == openapi.TYPE_ARRAY, "array return expected for paged response"
+        paged_schema = openapi.Schema(
+            type=openapi.TYPE_OBJECT,
+            properties={
+                'count': openapi.Schema(type=openapi.TYPE_INTEGER),
+                'next': openapi.Schema(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_URI),
+                'previous': openapi.Schema(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_URI),
+                'results': response_schema,
+            },
+            required=['count', 'results']
+        )
+
+        return paged_schema
+
+    def get_default_responses(self):
+        method = self.method.lower()
+
+        default_status = status.HTTP_200_OK
+        default_schema = ''
+        if method == 'post':
+            default_status = status.HTTP_201_CREATED
+            default_schema = self.get_request_serializer()
+        elif method == 'delete':
+            default_status = status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT
+        elif method in ('get', 'put', 'patch'):
+            default_schema = self.get_request_serializer()
+
+        default_schema = default_schema or ''
+        if default_schema:
+            if not isinstance(default_schema, openapi.Schema):
+                default_schema = self.serializer_to_schema(default_schema)
+            if is_list_view(self.path, self.method, self.view) and self.method.lower() == 'get':
+                default_schema = openapi.Schema(type=openapi.TYPE_ARRAY, items=default_schema)
+            if self.should_page():
+                default_schema = self.get_paged_response_schema(default_schema)
+
+        return {str(default_status): default_schema}
+
     def get_response_serializers(self):
         """Return the response codes that this view is expected to return, and the serializer for each response body.
         The return value should be a dict where the keys are possible status codes, and values are either strings,
@@ -298,11 +231,15 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
 
         :return dict: the response serializers
         """
-        if self.method.lower() == 'post':
-            return {'201': ''}
-        if self.method.lower() == 'delete':
-            return {'204': ''}
-        return {'200': ''}
+        manual_responses = self.overrides.get('responses', None) or {}
+        manual_responses = OrderedDict((str(sc), resp) for sc, resp in manual_responses.items())
+
+        responses = {}
+        if not any(is_success(int(sc)) for sc in manual_responses if sc != 'default'):
+            responses = self.get_default_responses()
+
+        responses.update((str(sc), resp) for sc, resp in manual_responses.items())
+        return responses
 
     def get_response_schemas(self, response_serializers):
         """Return the `openapi.Response` objects calculated for this view.
@@ -311,32 +248,43 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
         :return dict[str, openapi.Response]: a dictionary of status code to Response object
         """
         responses = {}
-        for status, serializer in response_serializers.items():
+        for sc, serializer in response_serializers.items():
             if isinstance(serializer, str):
                 response = openapi.Response(
                     description=serializer
                 )
             elif isinstance(serializer, openapi.Response):
                 response = serializer
-            else:
+                if not isinstance(response.schema, openapi.Schema.OR_REF):
+                    serializer = force_serializer_instance(response.schema)
+                    response.schema = self.serializer_to_schema(serializer)
+            elif isinstance(serializer, openapi.Schema.OR_REF):
                 response = openapi.Response(
                     description='',
-                    schema=self.field_to_swagger(serializer, openapi.Schema)
+                    schema=serializer,
+                )
+            else:
+                serializer = force_serializer_instance(serializer)
+                response = openapi.Response(
+                    description='',
+                    schema=self.serializer_to_schema(serializer),
                 )
 
-            responses[str(status)] = response
+            responses[str(sc)] = response
 
         return responses
 
     def get_query_parameters(self):
-        """Return the query parameters accepted by this view."""
+        """Return the query parameters accepted by this view.
+
+        :rtype: list[openapi.Parameter]"""
         return self.get_filter_parameters() + self.get_pagination_parameters()
 
     def should_filter(self):
-        if getattr(self.view, 'filter_backends', None) is None:
+        if not getattr(self.view, 'filter_backends', None):
             return False
 
-        if self.method.lower() not in ["get", "put", "patch", "delete"]:
+        if self.method.lower() not in ["get", "delete"]:
             return False
 
         if not isinstance(self.view, GenericViewSet):
@@ -344,39 +292,109 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
 
         return is_list_view(self.path, self.method, self.view)
 
+    def get_filter_backend_parameters(self, filter_backend):
+        """Get the filter parameters for a single filter backend **instance**.
+
+        :param BaseFilterBackend filter_backend: the filter backend
+        :rtype: list[openapi.Parameter]
+        """
+        fields = []
+        if hasattr(filter_backend, 'get_schema_fields'):
+            fields = filter_backend.get_schema_fields(self.view)
+        return [self.coreapi_field_to_parameter(field) for field in fields]
+
     def get_filter_parameters(self):
-        """Return the parameters added to the view by its filter backends."""
+        """Return the parameters added to the view by its filter backends.
+
+        :rtype: list[openapi.Parameter]
+        """
         if not self.should_filter():
             return []
 
         fields = []
         for filter_backend in self.view.filter_backends:
-            filter = filter_backend()
-            if hasattr(filter, 'get_schema_fields'):
-                fields += filter.get_schema_fields(self.view)
-        return [self.coreapi_field_to_parameter(field) for field in fields]
+            fields += self.get_filter_backend_parameters(filter_backend())
+
+        return fields
 
     def should_page(self):
         if not hasattr(self.view, 'paginator'):
             return False
 
+        if self.view.paginator is None:
+            return False
+
+        if self.method.lower() != 'get':
+            return False
+
         return is_list_view(self.path, self.method, self.view)
 
+    def get_paginator_parameters(self, paginator):
+        """Get the pagination parameters for a single paginator **instance**.
+
+        :param BasePagination paginator: the paginator
+        :rtype: list[openapi.Parameter]
+        """
+        fields = []
+        if hasattr(paginator, 'get_schema_fields'):
+            fields = paginator.get_schema_fields(self.view)
+
+        return [self.coreapi_field_to_parameter(field) for field in fields]
+
     def get_pagination_parameters(self):
-        """Return the parameters added to the view by its paginator."""
+        """Return the parameters added to the view by its paginator.
+
+        :rtype: list[openapi.Parameter]"""
         if not self.should_page():
             return []
 
-        paginator = self.view.paginator
-        if not hasattr(paginator, 'get_schema_fields'):
-            return []
+        return self.get_paginator_parameters(self.view.paginator)
 
-        return [self.coreapi_field_to_parameter(field) for field in paginator.get_schema_fields(self.view)]
+    def get_description(self):
+        """Return an operation description determined as appropriate from the view's method and class docstrings.
+
+        :return: the operation description
+        :rtype: str
+        """
+        description = self.overrides.get('operation_description', None)
+        if description is None:
+            description = self._sch.get_description(self.path, self.method)
+        return description
+
+    def get_consumes(self):
+        """Return the MIME types this endpoint can consume.
+
+        :rtype: list[str]
+        """
+        media_types = [parser.media_type for parser in getattr(self.view, 'parser_classes', [])]
+        if all(is_form_media_type(encoding) for encoding in media_types):
+            return media_types
+        return media_types[:1]
+
+    def serializer_to_schema(self, serializer):
+        """Convert a DRF Serializer instance to an openapi.Schema.
+
+        :param serializers.BaseSerializer serializer:
+        :rtype: openapi.Schema
+        """
+        definitions = self.components.with_scope(openapi.SCHEMA_DEFINITIONS)
+        return serializer_field_to_swagger(serializer, openapi.Schema, definitions)
+
+    def field_to_parameter(self, field, name, in_):
+        """Convert a DRF serializer Field to a swagger Parameter object.
+
+        :param coreapi.Field field:
+        :param str name: the name of the parameter
+        :param str in_: the location of the parameter, one of the `openapi.IN_*` constants
+        :rtype: openapi.Parameter
+        """
+        return serializer_field_to_swagger(field, openapi.Parameter, name=name, in_=in_)
 
     def coreapi_field_to_parameter(self, field):
         """Convert an instance of `coreapi.Field` to a swagger Parameter object.
 
-        :param coreapi.Field field: the coreapi field
+        :param coreapi.Field field:
+        :rtype: openapi.Parameter
         """
         location_to_in = {
             'query': openapi.IN_QUERY,
@@ -393,27 +411,7 @@ class SwaggerAutoSchema(object):
         return openapi.Parameter(
             name=field.name,
             in_=location_to_in[field.location],
-            type=coreapi_types.get(field.schema.__class__, openapi.TYPE_STRING),
+            type=coreapi_types.get(type(field.schema), openapi.TYPE_STRING),
             required=field.required,
             description=field.schema.description,
         )
-
-    def get_description(self):
-        """Return an operation description determined as appropriate from the view's method and class docstrings.
-
-        :return str: the operation description
-        """
-        description = self.overrides.get('operation_description', None)
-        if description is None:
-            description = self._sch.get_description(self.path, self.method)
-        return description
-
-    def get_consumes(self):
-        """Return the MIME types this endpoint can consume."""
-        media_types = [parser.media_type for parser in getattr(self.view, 'parser_classes', [])]
-        if all(is_form_media_type(encoding) for encoding in media_types):
-            return media_types
-        return media_types[:1]
-
-    def field_to_swagger(self, field, swagger_object_type, **kwargs):
-        return serializer_field_to_swagger(field, swagger_object_type, **kwargs)
diff --git a/src/drf_swagger/middleware.py b/src/drf_swagger/middleware.py
index 38a714d..f4422f0 100644
--- a/src/drf_swagger/middleware.py
+++ b/src/drf_swagger/middleware.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
-from drf_swagger.errors import SwaggerValidationError
 from .codecs import _OpenAPICodec
+from .errors import SwaggerValidationError
 
 
 class SwaggerExceptionMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ class SwaggerExceptionMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
                 content_type = codec.media_type
                 return HttpResponse(err, status=500, content_type=content_type)
 
-        return None
+        return None  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/src/drf_swagger/openapi.py b/src/drf_swagger/openapi.py
index d44d2c4..881ea86 100644
--- a/src/drf_swagger/openapi.py
+++ b/src/drf_swagger/openapi.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import copy
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from coreapi.compat import urlparse
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ IN_QUERY = 'query'
 IN_FORM = 'formData'
 IN_HEADER = 'header'
 
+SCHEMA_DEFINITIONS = 'definitions'
+
 
 def make_swagger_name(attribute_name):
     """
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ class SwaggerDict(OrderedDict):
     def __init__(self, **attrs):
         super(SwaggerDict, self).__init__()
         self._extras__ = attrs
-        if self.__class__ == SwaggerDict:
+        if type(self) == SwaggerDict:
             self._insert_extras__()
 
     def __setattr__(self, key, value):
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ class SwaggerDict(OrderedDict):
         try:
             return self[make_swagger_name(item)]
         except KeyError as e:
-            raise_from(AttributeError("no attribute " + item), e)
+            raise_from(AttributeError("object of class " + type(self).__name__ + " has no attribute " + item), e)
 
     def __delattr__(self, item):
         if item.startswith('_'):
@@ -98,6 +101,12 @@ class SwaggerDict(OrderedDict):
         for attr, val in self._extras__.items():
             setattr(self, attr, val)
 
+    # noinspection PyArgumentList,PyDefaultArgument
+    def __deepcopy__(self, memodict={}):
+        result = OrderedDict(list(self.items()))
+        result.update(copy.deepcopy(result, memodict))
+        return result
+
 
 class Contact(SwaggerDict):
     """Swagger Contact object
@@ -111,7 +120,7 @@ class Contact(SwaggerDict):
     def __init__(self, name=None, url=None, email=None, **extra):
         super(Contact, self).__init__(**extra)
         if name is None and url is None and email is None:
-            raise ValueError("one of name, url or email is requires for Swagger Contact object")
+            raise AssertionError("one of name, url or email is requires for Swagger Contact object")
         self.name = name
         self.url = url
         self.email = email
@@ -128,7 +137,7 @@ class License(SwaggerDict):
     def __init__(self, name, url=None, **extra):
         super(License, self).__init__(**extra)
         if name is None:
-            raise ValueError("name is required for Swagger License object")
+            raise AssertionError("name is required for Swagger License object")
         self.name = name
         self.url = url
         self._insert_extras__()
@@ -149,11 +158,11 @@ class Info(SwaggerDict):
                  **extra):
         super(Info, self).__init__(**extra)
         if title is None or default_version is None:
-            raise ValueError("title and version are required for Swagger info object")
+            raise AssertionError("title and version are required for Swagger info object")
         if contact is not None and not isinstance(contact, Contact):
-            raise ValueError("contact must be a Contact object")
+            raise AssertionError("contact must be a Contact object")
         if license is not None and not isinstance(license, License):
-            raise ValueError("license must be a License object")
+            raise AssertionError("license must be a License object")
         self.title = title
         self._default_version = default_version
         self.description = description
@@ -164,12 +173,11 @@ class Info(SwaggerDict):
 
 
 class Swagger(SwaggerDict):
-    def __init__(self, info=None, _url=None, _version=None, paths=None, **extra):
+    def __init__(self, info=None, _url=None, _version=None, paths=None, definitions=None, **extra):
         super(Swagger, self).__init__(**extra)
         self.swagger = '2.0'
         self.info = info
         self.info.version = _version or info._default_version
-        self.paths = paths
 
         if _url:
             url = urlparse.urlparse(_url)
@@ -177,8 +185,10 @@ class Swagger(SwaggerDict):
                 self.host = url.netloc
             if url.scheme:
                 self.schemes = [url.scheme]
-
         self.base_path = '/'
+
+        self.paths = paths
+        self.definitions = definitions
         self._insert_extras__()
 
 
@@ -237,7 +247,7 @@ class Parameter(SwaggerDict):
                  type=None, format=None, enum=None, pattern=None, items=None, **extra):
         super(Parameter, self).__init__(**extra)
         if (not schema and not type) or (schema and type):
-            raise ValueError("either schema or type are required for Parameter object!")
+            raise AssertionError("either schema or type are required for Parameter object!")
         self.name = name
         self.in_ = in_
         self.description = description
@@ -252,9 +262,15 @@ class Parameter(SwaggerDict):
 
 
 class Schema(SwaggerDict):
+    OR_REF = ()
+
     def __init__(self, description=None, required=None, type=None, properties=None, additional_properties=None,
                  format=None, enum=None, pattern=None, items=None, **extra):
         super(Schema, self).__init__(**extra)
+        if required is True or required is False:
+            # common error
+            raise AssertionError(
+                "the requires attribute of schema must be an array of required properties, not a boolean!")
         self.description = description
         self.required = required
         self.type = type
@@ -267,11 +283,37 @@ class Schema(SwaggerDict):
         self._insert_extras__()
 
 
-class Ref(SwaggerDict):
-    def __init__(self, ref):
-        super(Ref, self).__init__()
-        self.ref = ref
-        self._insert_extras__()
+class _Ref(SwaggerDict):
+    def __init__(self, resolver, name, scope, expected_type):
+        super(_Ref, self).__init__()
+        assert not type(self) == _Ref, "do not instantiate _Ref directly"
+        ref_name = "#/{scope}/{name}".format(scope=scope, name=name)
+        obj = resolver.get(name, scope)
+        assert isinstance(obj, expected_type), ref_name + " is a {actual}, not a {expected}" \
+            .format(actual=type(obj).__name__, expected=expected_type.__name__)
+        self.ref = ref_name
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value, **kwargs):
+        if key == "$ref":
+            return super(_Ref, self).__setitem__(key, value, **kwargs)
+        raise NotImplementedError("only $ref can be set on Reference objects (not %s)" % key)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError("cannot delete property of Reference object")
+
+
+class SchemaRef(_Ref):
+    def __init__(self, resolver, schema_name):
+        """Add a reference to a named Schema defined in the #/definitions/ object.
+
+        :param ReferenceResolver resolver: component resolver which must contain the definition
+        :param str schema_name: schema name
+        """
+        assert SCHEMA_DEFINITIONS in resolver.scopes
+        super(SchemaRef, self).__init__(resolver, schema_name, SCHEMA_DEFINITIONS, Schema)
+
+
+Schema.OR_REF = (Schema, SchemaRef)
 
 
 class Responses(SwaggerDict):
@@ -291,3 +333,92 @@ class Response(SwaggerDict):
         self.schema = schema
         self.examples = examples
         self._insert_extras__()
+
+
+class ReferenceResolver(object):
+    """A mapping type intended for storing objects pointed at by Swagger Refs.
+    Provides support and checks for different refernce scopes, e.g. 'definitions'.
+
+    For example:
+      > components = ReferenceResolver('definitions', 'parameters')
+      > definitions = ReferenceResolver.with_scope('definitions')
+      > definitions.set('Article', Schema(...))
+      > print(components)
+      {'definitions': OrderedDict([('Article', Schema(...)]), 'parameters': OrderedDict()}
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *scopes):
+        self._objects = OrderedDict()
+        self._force_scope = None
+        for scope in scopes:
+            assert isinstance(scope, str), "scope names must be strings"
+            self._objects[scope] = OrderedDict()
+
+    def with_scope(self, scope):
+        assert scope in self.scopes, "unknown scope %s" % scope
+        ret = ReferenceResolver()
+        ret._objects = self._objects
+        ret._force_scope = scope
+        return ret
+
+    def _check_scope(self, scope):
+        real_scope = self._force_scope or scope
+        if scope is not None:
+            assert not self._force_scope or scope == self._force_scope, "cannot overrride forced scope"
+        assert real_scope and real_scope in self._objects, "invalid scope %s" % scope
+        return real_scope
+
+    def set(self, name, obj, scope=None):
+        scope = self._check_scope(scope)
+        assert obj is not None, "referenced objects cannot be None/null"
+        assert name not in self._objects[scope], "#/%s/%s already exists" % (scope, name)
+        self._objects[scope][name] = obj
+
+    def setdefault(self, name, maker, scope=None):
+        scope = self._check_scope(scope)
+        assert callable(maker), "setdefault expects a callable, not %s" % type(maker).__name__
+        ret = self.getdefault(name, None, scope)
+        if ret is None:
+            ret = maker()
+            assert ret is not None, "maker returned None; referenced objects cannot be None/null"
+            self.set(name, ret, scope)
+
+        return ret
+
+    def get(self, name, scope=None):
+        scope = self._check_scope(scope)
+        assert name in self._objects[scope], "#/%s/%s is not defined" % (scope, name)
+        return self._objects[scope][name]
+
+    def getdefault(self, name, default=None, scope=None):
+        scope = self._check_scope(scope)
+        return self._objects[scope].get(name, default)
+
+    def has(self, name, scope=None):
+        scope = self._check_scope(scope)
+        return name in self._objects[scope]
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        if self._force_scope:
+            return iter(self._objects[self._force_scope])
+        return iter(self._objects)
+
+    @property
+    def scopes(self):
+        if self._force_scope:
+            return [self._force_scope]
+        return list(self._objects.keys())
+
+    # act as mapping
+    def keys(self):
+        if self._force_scope:
+            return self._objects[self._force_scope].keys()
+        return self._objects.keys()
+
+    def __getitem__(self, item):
+        if self._force_scope:
+            return self._objects[self._force_scope][item]
+        return self._objects[item]
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(dict(self))
diff --git a/src/drf_swagger/utils.py b/src/drf_swagger/utils.py
index c5886cc..533e31e 100644
--- a/src/drf_swagger/utils.py
+++ b/src/drf_swagger/utils.py
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-from rest_framework.mixins import RetrieveModelMixin, DestroyModelMixin
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from rest_framework.mixins import RetrieveModelMixin, DestroyModelMixin, UpdateModelMixin
+
+from . import openapi
+from .errors import SwaggerGenerationError
 
 no_body = object()
 
 
-class UpdateModelMixing(object):
-    pass
-
-
 def is_list_view(path, method, view):
     """Return True if the given path/method appears to represent a list view (as opposed to a detail/instance view)."""
     # for ViewSets, it could be the default 'list' view, or a list_route
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ def is_list_view(path, method, view):
         return False
 
     # for APIView, if it's a detail view it can't also be a list view
-    if isinstance(view, (RetrieveModelMixin, UpdateModelMixing, DestroyModelMixin)):
+    if isinstance(view, (RetrieveModelMixin, UpdateModelMixin, DestroyModelMixin)):
         return False
 
     # if the last component in the path is parameterized it's probably not a list view
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ def swagger_auto_schema(method=None, methods=None, auto_schema=None, request_bod
                     _methods = [method.lower()]
                 else:
                     _methods = [mth.lower() for mth in methods]
-                assert not isinstance(_methods, str)
+                assert not isinstance(_methods, str), "`methods` expects to receive; use `method` for a single arg"
                 assert not any(mth in existing_data for mth in _methods), "method defined multiple times"
                 assert all(mth in available_methods for mth in _methods), "method not bound to %s" % _route
 
@@ -88,3 +92,162 @@ def swagger_auto_schema(method=None, methods=None, auto_schema=None, request_bod
         return view_method
 
     return decorator
+
+
+def serializer_field_to_swagger(field, swagger_object_type, definitions=None, **kwargs):
+    """Convert a drf Serializer or Field instance into a Swagger object.
+
+    :param rest_framework.serializers.Field field: the source field
+    :param type swagger_object_type: should be one of Schema, Parameter, Items
+    :param drf_swagger.openapi.ReferenceResolver definitions: used to serialize Schemas by reference
+    :param kwargs: extra attributes for constructing the object;
+       if swagger_object_type is Parameter, `name` and `in_` should be provided
+    :return Swagger,Parameter,Items: the swagger object
+    """
+    assert swagger_object_type in (openapi.Schema, openapi.Parameter, openapi.Items)
+    assert not isinstance(field, openapi.SwaggerDict), "passed field is already a SwaggerDict object"
+    title = force_text(field.label) if field.label else None
+    title = title if swagger_object_type == openapi.Schema else None  # only Schema has title
+    title = None
+    description = force_text(field.help_text) if field.help_text else None
+    description = description if swagger_object_type != openapi.Items else None  # Items has no description either
+
+    def SwaggerType(**instance_kwargs):
+        if swagger_object_type == openapi.Parameter:
+            instance_kwargs['required'] = field.required
+        instance_kwargs.update(kwargs)
+        return swagger_object_type(title=title, description=description, **instance_kwargs)
+
+    # arrays in Schema have Schema elements, arrays in Parameter and Items have Items elements
+    ChildSwaggerType = openapi.Schema if swagger_object_type == openapi.Schema else openapi.Items
+
+    # ------ NESTED
+    if isinstance(field, (serializers.ListSerializer, serializers.ListField)):
+        child_schema = serializer_field_to_swagger(field.child, ChildSwaggerType, definitions)
+        return SwaggerType(
+            type=openapi.TYPE_ARRAY,
+            items=child_schema,
+        )
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.Serializer):
+        if swagger_object_type != openapi.Schema:
+            raise SwaggerGenerationError("cannot instantiate nested serializer as " + swagger_object_type.__name__)
+        assert definitions is not None, "ReferenceResolver required when instantiating Schema"
+
+        serializer = field
+        if hasattr(serializer, '__ref_name__'):
+            ref_name = serializer.__ref_name__
+        else:
+            ref_name = type(serializer).__name__
+            if ref_name.endswith('Serializer'):
+                ref_name = ref_name[:-len('Serializer')]
+
+        def make_schema_definition():
+            properties = OrderedDict()
+            required = []
+            for key, value in serializer.fields.items():
+                properties[key] = serializer_field_to_swagger(value, ChildSwaggerType, definitions)
+                if value.read_only:
+                    properties[key].read_only = value.read_only
+                if value.required:
+                    required.append(key)
+
+            return SwaggerType(
+                type=openapi.TYPE_OBJECT,
+                properties=properties,
+                required=required or None,
+            )
+
+        if not ref_name:
+            return make_schema_definition()
+
+        definitions.setdefault(ref_name, make_schema_definition)
+        return openapi.SchemaRef(definitions, ref_name)
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.ManyRelatedField):
+        child_schema = serializer_field_to_swagger(field.child_relation, ChildSwaggerType, definitions)
+        return SwaggerType(
+            type=openapi.TYPE_ARRAY,
+            items=child_schema,
+            unique_items=True,  # is this OK?
+        )
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.RelatedField):
+        # TODO: infer type for PrimaryKeyRelatedField?
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING)
+    # ------ CHOICES
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.MultipleChoiceField):
+        return SwaggerType(
+            type=openapi.TYPE_ARRAY,
+            items=ChildSwaggerType(
+                type=openapi.TYPE_STRING,
+                enum=list(field.choices.keys())
+            )
+        )
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.ChoiceField):
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, enum=list(field.choices.keys()))
+    # ------ BOOL
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.BooleanField):
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_BOOLEAN)
+    # ------ NUMERIC
+    elif isinstance(field, (serializers.DecimalField, serializers.FloatField)):
+        # TODO: min_value max_value
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_NUMBER)
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.IntegerField):
+        # TODO: min_value max_value
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_INTEGER)
+    # ------ STRING
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.EmailField):
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_EMAIL)
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.RegexField):
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, pattern=find_regex(field))
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.SlugField):
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_SLUG)
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.URLField):
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_URI)
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.IPAddressField):
+        format = {'ipv4': openapi.FORMAT_IPV4, 'ipv6': openapi.FORMAT_IPV6}.get(field.protocol, None)
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=format)
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.CharField):
+        # TODO: min_length max_length (for all CharField subclasses above too)
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING)
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.UUIDField):
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_UUID)
+    # ------ DATE & TIME
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.DateField):
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_DATE)
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.DateTimeField):
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING, format=openapi.FORMAT_DATETIME)
+    # ------ OTHERS
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.FileField):
+        # swagger 2.0 does not support specifics about file fields, so ImageFile gets no special treatment
+        # OpenAPI 3.0 does support it, so a future implementation could handle this better
+        if swagger_object_type != openapi.Parameter:
+            raise SwaggerGenerationError("parameter of type file is supported only in formData Parameter")
+        return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_FILE)
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.JSONField):
+        return SwaggerType(
+            type=openapi.TYPE_STRING,
+            format=openapi.FORMAT_BINARY if field.binary else None
+        )
+    elif isinstance(field, serializers.DictField) and swagger_object_type == openapi.Schema:
+        child_schema = serializer_field_to_swagger(field.child, ChildSwaggerType, definitions)
+        return SwaggerType(
+            type=openapi.TYPE_OBJECT,
+            additional_properties=child_schema
+        )
+
+    # TODO unhandled fields: TimeField DurationField HiddenField ModelField NullBooleanField?
+
+    # everything else gets string by default
+    return SwaggerType(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING)
+
+
+def find_regex(regex_field):
+    regex_validator = None
+    for validator in regex_field.validators:
+        if isinstance(validator, RegexValidator):
+            if regex_validator is not None:
+                # bail if multiple validators are found - no obvious way to choose
+                return None
+            regex_validator = validator
+
+    # regex_validator.regex should be a compiled re object...
+    return getattr(getattr(regex_validator, 'regex', None), 'pattern', None)
diff --git a/src/drf_swagger/views.py b/src/drf_swagger/views.py
index 3c8434f..8c7d9d0 100644
--- a/src/drf_swagger/views.py
+++ b/src/drf_swagger/views.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def get_schema_view(info, url=None, patterns=None, urlconf=None, public=False, v
             generator = self.generator_class(info, version, url, patterns, urlconf)
             schema = generator.get_schema(request, self.public)
             if schema is None:
-                raise exceptions.PermissionDenied()
+                raise exceptions.PermissionDenied()  # pragma: no cover
             return Response(schema)
 
         @classmethod
diff --git a/testproj/articles/views.py b/testproj/articles/views.py
index a62f444..61bd38b 100644
--- a/testproj/articles/views.py
+++ b/testproj/articles/views.py
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 import datetime
 
-from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend, filters
+from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
 from rest_framework import viewsets
 from rest_framework.decorators import detail_route, list_route
+from rest_framework.filters import OrderingFilter
 from rest_framework.pagination import LimitOffsetPagination
 from rest_framework.parsers import MultiPartParser
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
 from articles import serializers
 from articles.models import Article
+from drf_swagger.inspectors import SwaggerAutoSchema
 from drf_swagger.utils import swagger_auto_schema
 
 
+class NoPagingAutoSchema(SwaggerAutoSchema):
+    def should_page(self):
+        return False
+
+
 class ArticleViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     """
     ArticleViewSet class docstring
@@ -27,15 +34,17 @@ class ArticleViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     """
     queryset = Article.objects.all()
     lookup_field = 'slug'
+    lookup_value_regex = r'[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)'
     serializer_class = serializers.ArticleSerializer
 
     pagination_class = LimitOffsetPagination
     max_page_size = 5
-    filter_backends = (DjangoFilterBackend, filters.OrderingFilter)
+    filter_backends = (DjangoFilterBackend, OrderingFilter)
     filter_fields = ('title',)
     ordering_fields = ('date_modified',)
     ordering = ('username',)
 
+    @swagger_auto_schema(auto_schema=NoPagingAutoSchema)
     @list_route(methods=['get'])
     def today(self, request):
         today_min = datetime.datetime.combine(datetime.date.today(), datetime.time.min)
@@ -45,7 +54,7 @@ class ArticleViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
         return Response(serializer.data)
 
     @swagger_auto_schema(method='get', operation_description="image GET description override")
-    @swagger_auto_schema(method='post', request_body=serializers.ImageUploadSerializer)
+    @swagger_auto_schema(method='post', request_body=serializers.ImageUploadSerializer, responses={200: 'success'})
     @detail_route(methods=['get', 'post'], parser_classes=(MultiPartParser,))
     def image(self, request, slug=None):
         """
@@ -57,7 +66,7 @@ class ArticleViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
         """update method docstring"""
         return super(ArticleViewSet, self).update(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    @swagger_auto_schema(operation_description="partial_update description override")
+    @swagger_auto_schema(operation_description="partial_update description override", responses={404: 'slug not found'})
     def partial_update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         """partial_update method docstring"""
         return super(ArticleViewSet, self).partial_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/testproj/snippets/serializers.py b/testproj/snippets/serializers.py
index 7c835be..35a2d6d 100644
--- a/testproj/snippets/serializers.py
+++ b/testproj/snippets/serializers.py
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ from snippets.models import Snippet, LANGUAGE_CHOICES, STYLE_CHOICES
 
 
 class LanguageSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    __ref_name__ = None
+
     name = serializers.ChoiceField(
         choices=LANGUAGE_CHOICES, default='python', help_text='The name of the programming language')
 
 
-class ExampleProjectsSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+class ExampleProjectSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    __ref_name__ = 'Project'
+
     project_name = serializers.CharField(help_text='Name of the project')
     github_repo = serializers.CharField(required=True, help_text='Github repository of the project')
 
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ class SnippetSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     language = LanguageSerializer(help_text="Sample help text for language")
     style = serializers.ChoiceField(choices=STYLE_CHOICES, default='friendly')
     lines = serializers.ListField(child=serializers.IntegerField(), allow_empty=True, allow_null=True, required=False)
-    example_projects = serializers.ListSerializer(child=ExampleProjectsSerializer())
+    example_projects = serializers.ListSerializer(child=ExampleProjectSerializer())
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
         """
diff --git a/testproj/snippets/views.py b/testproj/snippets/views.py
index b6d64fd..a76d74c 100644
--- a/testproj/snippets/views.py
+++ b/testproj/snippets/views.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class SnippetDetail(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     """
     queryset = Snippet.objects.all()
     serializer_class = SnippetSerializer
+    pagination_class = None
 
     def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         """patch method docstring"""
diff --git a/testproj/users/views.py b/testproj/users/views.py
index f2a32bb..9ecd9fb 100644
--- a/testproj/users/views.py
+++ b/testproj/users/views.py
@@ -6,30 +6,43 @@ from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
 from drf_swagger import openapi
-from drf_swagger.utils import swagger_auto_schema
+from drf_swagger.utils import swagger_auto_schema, no_body
 from users.serializers import UserSerializer
 
 
 class UserList(APIView):
     """UserList cbv classdoc"""
 
+    @swagger_auto_schema(responses={200: UserSerializer(many=True)})
     def get(self, request):
         queryset = User.objects.all()
         serializer = UserSerializer(queryset, many=True)
         return Response(serializer.data)
 
-    @swagger_auto_schema(request_body=UserSerializer, operation_description="apiview post description override")
+    @swagger_auto_schema(operation_description="apiview post description override", request_body=openapi.Schema(
+        type=openapi.TYPE_OBJECT,
+        required=['username'],
+        properties={
+            'username': openapi.Schema(type=openapi.TYPE_STRING)
+        },
+    ))
     def post(self, request):
         serializer = UserSerializer(request.data)
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
         serializer.save()
         return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
 
+    @swagger_auto_schema(request_body=no_body, operation_description="dummy operation")
+    def patch(self, request):
+        pass
+
 
 @swagger_auto_schema(method='put', request_body=UserSerializer)
-@swagger_auto_schema(method='get', manual_parameters=[
-    openapi.Parameter('test', openapi.IN_QUERY, "test manual param", type=openapi.TYPE_BOOLEAN)
-])
+@swagger_auto_schema(methods=['get'], manual_parameters=[
+    openapi.Parameter('test', openapi.IN_QUERY, "test manual param", type=openapi.TYPE_BOOLEAN),
+], responses={
+    200: openapi.Response('response description', UserSerializer),
+})
 @api_view(['GET', 'PUT'])
 def user_detail(request, pk):
     """user_detail fbv docstring"""
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 191f97c..3c3c187 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def codec_yaml():
 @pytest.fixture
 def swagger_dict():
     swagger = generator().get_schema(None, True)
-    json_bytes = codec_yaml().encode(swagger)
-    return yaml.safe_load(json_bytes.decode('utf-8'))
+    json_bytes = codec_json().encode(swagger)
+    return json.loads(json_bytes.decode('utf-8'))
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ def bad_settings():
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def reference_schema():
-    with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'reference.json')) as reference:
-        return json.load(reference)
+    with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'reference.yaml')) as reference:
+        return yaml.safe_load(reference)
diff --git a/tests/reference.json b/tests/reference.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c4dc2c..0000000
--- a/tests/reference.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"swagger": "2.0", "info": {"title": "Snippets API", "description": "Test description", "termsOfService": "https://www.google.com/policies/terms/", "contact": {"email": "contact@snippets.local"}, "license": {"name": "BSD License"}, "version": "v1"}, "paths": {"/articles/": {"get": {"operationId": "articles_list", "description": "ArticleViewSet class docstring", "parameters": [{"name": "title", "in": "query", "description": "", "required": false, "type": "string"}, {"name": "limit", "in": "query", "description": "Number of results to return per page.", "required": false, "type": "integer"}, {"name": "offset", "in": "query", "description": "The initial index from which to return the results.", "required": false, "type": "integer"}], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["articles"]}, "post": {"operationId": "articles_create", "description": "ArticleViewSet class docstring", "parameters": [{"name": "data", "in": "body", "schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"title": {"description": "title model help_text", "type": "string"}, "body": {"description": "body serializer help_text", "type": "string"}, "slug": {"description": "slug model help_text", "type": "string", "format": "slug"}, "date_created": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"}, "date_modified": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"}}}}, {"name": "limit", "in": "query", "description": "Number of results to return per page.", "required": false, "type": "integer"}, {"name": "offset", "in": "query", "description": "The initial index from which to return the results.", "required": false, "type": "integer"}], "responses": {"201": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["articles"]}, "parameters": []}, "/articles/today/": {"get": {"operationId": "articles_today", "description": "ArticleViewSet class docstring", "parameters": [{"name": "title", "in": "query", "description": "", "required": false, "type": "string"}, {"name": "limit", "in": "query", "description": "Number of results to return per page.", "required": false, "type": "integer"}, {"name": "offset", "in": "query", "description": "The initial index from which to return the results.", "required": false, "type": "integer"}], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["articles"]}, "parameters": []}, "/articles/{slug}/": {"get": {"operationId": "articles_read", "description": "retrieve class docstring", "parameters": [], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["articles"]}, "put": {"operationId": "articles_update", "description": "update method docstring", "parameters": [{"name": "data", "in": "body", "schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"title": {"description": "title model help_text", "type": "string"}, "body": {"description": "body serializer help_text", "type": "string"}, "slug": {"description": "slug model help_text", "type": "string", "format": "slug"}, "date_created": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"}, "date_modified": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"}}}}], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["articles"]}, "delete": {"operationId": "articles_delete", "description": "destroy method docstring", "parameters": [], "responses": {"204": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["articles"]}, "patch": {"operationId": "articles_partial_update", "description": "partial_update description override", "parameters": [{"name": "data", "in": "body", "schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"title": {"description": "title model help_text", "type": "string"}, "body": {"description": "body serializer help_text", "type": "string"}, "slug": {"description": "slug model help_text", "type": "string", "format": "slug"}, "date_created": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"}, "date_modified": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"}}}}], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["articles"]}, "parameters": [{"name": "slug", "in": "path", "description": "slug model help_text", "required": true, "type": "string"}]}, "/articles/{slug}/image/": {"get": {"operationId": "articles_image_read", "description": "image GET description override", "parameters": [], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["multipart/form-data"], "tags": ["articles"]}, "post": {"operationId": "articles_image_create", "description": "image method docstring", "parameters": [{"name": "upload", "in": "formData", "description": "image serializer help_text", "type": "file"}], "responses": {"201": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["multipart/form-data"], "tags": ["articles"]}, "parameters": [{"name": "slug", "in": "path", "description": "slug model help_text", "required": true, "type": "string"}]}, "/snippets/": {"get": {"operationId": "snippets_list", "description": "SnippetList classdoc", "parameters": [], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["snippets"]}, "post": {"operationId": "snippets_create", "description": "post method docstring", "parameters": [{"name": "data", "in": "body", "schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"id": {"description": "id serializer help text", "type": "integer"}, "owner": {"type": "string"}, "title": {"type": "string"}, "code": {"type": "string"}, "linenos": {"type": "boolean"}, "language": {"description": "Sample help text for language", "type": "object", "properties": {"name": {"description": "The name of the programming language", "type": "string", "enum": ["abap", "abnf", "ada", "adl", "agda", "aheui", "ahk", "alloy", "ampl", "antlr", "antlr-as", "antlr-cpp", "antlr-csharp", "antlr-java", "antlr-objc", "antlr-perl", "antlr-python", "antlr-ruby", "apacheconf", "apl", "applescript", "arduino", "as", "as3", "aspectj", "aspx-cs", "aspx-vb", "asy", "at", "autoit", "awk", "basemake", "bash", "bat", "bbcode", "bc", "befunge", "bib", "blitzbasic", "blitzmax", "bnf", "boo", "boogie", "brainfuck", "bro", "bst", "bugs", "c", "c-objdump", "ca65", "cadl", "camkes", "capdl", "capnp", "cbmbas", "ceylon", "cfc", "cfengine3", "cfm", "cfs", "chai", "chapel", "cheetah", "cirru", "clay", "clean", "clojure", "clojurescript", "cmake", "cobol", "cobolfree", "coffee-script", "common-lisp", "componentpascal", "console", "control", "coq", "cpp", "cpp-objdump", "cpsa", "cr", "crmsh", "croc", "cryptol", "csharp", "csound", "csound-document", "csound-score", "css", "css+django", "css+erb", "css+genshitext", "css+lasso", "css+mako", "css+mozpreproc", "css+myghty", "css+php", "css+smarty", "cucumber", "cuda", "cypher", "cython", "d", "d-objdump", "dart", "delphi", "dg", "diff", "django", "docker", "doscon", "dpatch", "dtd", "duel", "dylan", "dylan-console", "dylan-lid", "earl-grey", "easytrieve", "ebnf", "ec", "ecl", "eiffel", "elixir", "elm", "emacs", "erb", "erl", "erlang", "evoque", "extempore", "ezhil", "factor", "fan", "fancy", "felix", "fish", "flatline", "forth", "fortran", "fortranfixed", "foxpro", "fsharp", "gap", "gas", "genshi", "genshitext", "glsl", "gnuplot", "go", "golo", "gooddata-cl", "gosu", "groff", "groovy", "gst", "haml", "handlebars", "haskell", "haxeml", "hexdump", "hsail", "html", "html+cheetah", "html+django", "html+evoque", "html+genshi", "html+handlebars", "html+lasso", "html+mako", "html+myghty", "html+ng2", "html+php", "html+smarty", "html+twig", "html+velocity", "http", "hx", "hybris", "hylang", "i6t", "idl", "idris", "iex", "igor", "inform6", "inform7", "ini", "io", "ioke", "irc", "isabelle", "j", "jags", "jasmin", "java", "javascript+mozpreproc", "jcl", "jlcon", "js", "js+cheetah", "js+django", "js+erb", "js+genshitext", "js+lasso", "js+mako", "js+myghty", "js+php", "js+smarty", "jsgf", "json", "json-object", "jsonld", "jsp", "julia", "juttle", "kal", "kconfig", "koka", "kotlin", "lagda", "lasso", "lcry", "lean", "less", "lhs", "lidr", "lighty", "limbo", "liquid", "live-script", "llvm", "logos", "logtalk", "lsl", "lua", "make", "mako", "maql", "mask", "mason", "mathematica", "matlab", "matlabsession", "md", "minid", "modelica", "modula2", "monkey", "monte", "moocode", "moon", "mozhashpreproc", "mozpercentpreproc", "mql", "mscgen", "mupad", "mxml", "myghty", "mysql", "nasm", "ncl", "nemerle", "nesc", "newlisp", "newspeak", "ng2", "nginx", "nim", "nit", "nixos", "nsis", "numpy", "nusmv", "objdump", "objdump-nasm", "objective-c", "objective-c++", "objective-j", "ocaml", "octave", "odin", "ooc", "opa", "openedge", "pacmanconf", "pan", "parasail", "pawn", "perl", "perl6", "php", "pig", "pike", "pkgconfig", "plpgsql", "postgresql", "postscript", "pot", "pov", "powershell", "praat", "prolog", "properties", "protobuf", "ps1con", "psql", "pug", "puppet", "py3tb", "pycon", "pypylog", "pytb", "python", "python3", "qbasic", "qml", "qvto", "racket", "ragel", "ragel-c", "ragel-cpp", "ragel-d", "ragel-em", "ragel-java", "ragel-objc", "ragel-ruby", "raw", "rb", "rbcon", "rconsole", "rd", "rebol", "red", "redcode", "registry", "resource", "rexx", "rhtml", "rnc", "roboconf-graph", "roboconf-instances", "robotframework", "rql", "rsl", "rst", "rts", "rust", "sas", "sass", "sc", "scala", "scaml", "scheme", "scilab", "scss", "shen", "silver", "slim", "smali", "smalltalk", "smarty", "sml", "snobol", "snowball", "sourceslist", "sp", "sparql", "spec", "splus", "sql", "sqlite3", "squidconf", "ssp", "stan", "stata", "swift", "swig", "systemverilog", "tads3", "tap", "tasm", "tcl", "tcsh", "tcshcon", "tea", "termcap", "terminfo", "terraform", "tex", "text", "thrift", "todotxt", "trac-wiki", "treetop", "ts", "tsql", "turtle", "twig", "typoscript", "typoscriptcssdata", "typoscripthtmldata", "urbiscript", "vala", "vb.net", "vcl", "vclsnippets", "vctreestatus", "velocity", "verilog", "vgl", "vhdl", "vim", "wdiff", "whiley", "x10", "xml", "xml+cheetah", "xml+django", "xml+erb", "xml+evoque", "xml+lasso", "xml+mako", "xml+myghty", "xml+php", "xml+smarty", "xml+velocity", "xquery", "xslt", "xtend", "xul+mozpreproc", "yaml", "yaml+jinja", "zephir"]}}}, "style": {"type": "string", "enum": ["abap", "algol", "algol_nu", "arduino", "autumn", "borland", "bw", "colorful", "default", "emacs", "friendly", "fruity", "igor", "lovelace", "manni", "monokai", "murphy", "native", "paraiso-dark", "paraiso-light", "pastie", "perldoc", "rainbow_dash", "rrt", "tango", "trac", "vim", "vs", "xcode"]}, "lines": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "integer"}}, "example_projects": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "object", "properties": {"project_name": {"description": "Name of the project", "type": "string"}, "github_repo": {"description": "Github repository of the project", "type": "string"}}}}}}}], "responses": {"201": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["snippets"]}, "parameters": []}, "/snippets/{id}/": {"get": {"operationId": "snippets_read", "description": "SnippetDetail classdoc", "parameters": [], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["snippets"]}, "put": {"operationId": "snippets_update", "description": "put class docstring", "parameters": [{"name": "data", "in": "body", "schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"id": {"description": "id serializer help text", "type": "integer"}, "owner": {"type": "string"}, "title": {"type": "string"}, "code": {"type": "string"}, "linenos": {"type": "boolean"}, "language": {"description": "Sample help text for language", "type": "object", "properties": {"name": {"description": "The name of the programming language", "type": "string", "enum": ["abap", "abnf", "ada", "adl", "agda", "aheui", "ahk", "alloy", "ampl", "antlr", "antlr-as", "antlr-cpp", "antlr-csharp", "antlr-java", "antlr-objc", "antlr-perl", "antlr-python", "antlr-ruby", "apacheconf", "apl", "applescript", "arduino", "as", "as3", "aspectj", "aspx-cs", "aspx-vb", "asy", "at", "autoit", "awk", "basemake", "bash", "bat", "bbcode", "bc", "befunge", "bib", "blitzbasic", "blitzmax", "bnf", "boo", "boogie", "brainfuck", "bro", "bst", "bugs", "c", "c-objdump", "ca65", "cadl", "camkes", "capdl", "capnp", "cbmbas", "ceylon", "cfc", "cfengine3", "cfm", "cfs", "chai", "chapel", "cheetah", "cirru", "clay", "clean", "clojure", "clojurescript", "cmake", "cobol", "cobolfree", "coffee-script", "common-lisp", "componentpascal", "console", "control", "coq", "cpp", "cpp-objdump", "cpsa", "cr", "crmsh", "croc", "cryptol", "csharp", "csound", "csound-document", "csound-score", "css", "css+django", "css+erb", "css+genshitext", "css+lasso", "css+mako", "css+mozpreproc", "css+myghty", "css+php", "css+smarty", "cucumber", "cuda", "cypher", "cython", "d", "d-objdump", "dart", "delphi", "dg", "diff", "django", "docker", "doscon", "dpatch", "dtd", "duel", "dylan", "dylan-console", "dylan-lid", "earl-grey", "easytrieve", "ebnf", "ec", "ecl", "eiffel", "elixir", "elm", "emacs", "erb", "erl", "erlang", "evoque", "extempore", "ezhil", "factor", 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"flatline", "forth", "fortran", "fortranfixed", "foxpro", "fsharp", "gap", "gas", "genshi", "genshitext", "glsl", "gnuplot", "go", "golo", "gooddata-cl", "gosu", "groff", "groovy", "gst", "haml", "handlebars", "haskell", "haxeml", "hexdump", "hsail", "html", "html+cheetah", "html+django", "html+evoque", "html+genshi", "html+handlebars", "html+lasso", "html+mako", "html+myghty", "html+ng2", "html+php", "html+smarty", "html+twig", "html+velocity", "http", "hx", "hybris", "hylang", "i6t", "idl", "idris", "iex", "igor", "inform6", "inform7", "ini", "io", "ioke", "irc", "isabelle", "j", "jags", "jasmin", "java", "javascript+mozpreproc", "jcl", "jlcon", "js", "js+cheetah", "js+django", "js+erb", "js+genshitext", "js+lasso", "js+mako", "js+myghty", "js+php", "js+smarty", "jsgf", "json", "json-object", "jsonld", "jsp", "julia", "juttle", "kal", "kconfig", "koka", "kotlin", "lagda", "lasso", "lcry", "lean", "less", "lhs", "lidr", "lighty", "limbo", "liquid", "live-script", "llvm", "logos", 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"users_list", "description": "UserList cbv classdoc", "parameters": [], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["users"]}, "post": {"operationId": "users_create", "description": "apiview post description override", "parameters": [{"name": "data", "in": "body", "schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"id": {"type": "integer"}, "username": {"description": "Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.", "type": "string"}, "snippets": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}, "uniqueItems": true}}}}], "responses": {"201": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["users"]}, "parameters": []}, "/users/{id}/": {"get": {"operationId": "users_read", "description": "user_detail fbv docstring", "parameters": [{"name": "test", "in": "query", "description": "test manual param", "type": "boolean"}], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["users"]}, "put": {"operationId": "users_update", "description": "user_detail fbv docstring", "parameters": [{"name": "data", "in": "body", "schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"id": {"type": "integer"}, "username": {"description": "Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.", "type": "string"}, "snippets": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}, "uniqueItems": true}}}}], "responses": {"200": {"description": ""}}, "consumes": ["application/json"], "tags": ["users"]}, "parameters": [{"name": "id", "in": "path", "required": true, "type": "string"}]}}, "host": "test.local:8002", "schemes": ["http"], "basePath": "/", "securityDefinitions": {"basic": {"type": "basic"}}}
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+swagger: '2.0'
+info:
+  title: Snippets API
+  description: Test description
+  termsOfService: https://www.google.com/policies/terms/
+  contact:
+    email: contact@snippets.local
+  license:
+    name: BSD License
+  version: v1
+host: test.local:8002
+schemes:
+  - http
+basePath: /
+paths:
+  /articles/:
+    get:
+      operationId: articles_list
+      description: ArticleViewSet class docstring
+      parameters:
+        - name: title
+          in: query
+          description: ''
+          required: false
+          type: string
+        - name: ordering
+          in: query
+          description: Which field to use when ordering the results.
+          required: false
+          type: string
+        - name: limit
+          in: query
+          description: Number of results to return per page.
+          required: false
+          type: integer
+        - name: offset
+          in: query
+          description: The initial index from which to return the results.
+          required: false
+          type: integer
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            required:
+              - count
+              - results
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              count:
+                type: integer
+              next:
+                type: string
+                format: uri
+              previous:
+                type: string
+                format: uri
+              results:
+                type: array
+                items:
+                  $ref: '#/definitions/Article'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - articles
+    post:
+      operationId: articles_create
+      description: ArticleViewSet class docstring
+      parameters:
+        - name: data
+          in: body
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Article'
+      responses:
+        '201':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Article'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - articles
+    parameters: []
+  /articles/today/:
+    get:
+      operationId: articles_today
+      description: ArticleViewSet class docstring
+      parameters:
+        - name: title
+          in: query
+          description: ''
+          required: false
+          type: string
+        - name: ordering
+          in: query
+          description: Which field to use when ordering the results.
+          required: false
+          type: string
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            type: array
+            items:
+              $ref: '#/definitions/Article'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - articles
+    parameters: []
+  /articles/{slug}/:
+    get:
+      operationId: articles_read
+      description: retrieve class docstring
+      parameters: []
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Article'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - articles
+    put:
+      operationId: articles_update
+      description: update method docstring
+      parameters:
+        - name: data
+          in: body
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Article'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Article'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - articles
+    delete:
+      operationId: articles_delete
+      description: destroy method docstring
+      parameters: []
+      responses:
+        '204':
+          description: ''
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - articles
+    patch:
+      operationId: articles_partial_update
+      description: partial_update description override
+      parameters:
+        - name: data
+          in: body
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Article'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Article'
+        '404':
+          description: slug not found
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - articles
+    parameters:
+      - name: slug
+        in: path
+        description: slug model help_text
+        required: true
+        type: string
+        pattern: '[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)'
+  /articles/{slug}/image/:
+    get:
+      operationId: articles_image_read
+      description: image GET description override
+      parameters: []
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Article'
+      consumes:
+        - multipart/form-data
+      tags:
+        - articles
+    post:
+      operationId: articles_image_create
+      description: image method docstring
+      parameters:
+        - name: upload
+          in: formData
+          description: image serializer help_text
+          required: true
+          type: file
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: success
+      consumes:
+        - multipart/form-data
+      tags:
+        - articles
+    parameters:
+      - name: slug
+        in: path
+        description: slug model help_text
+        required: true
+        type: string
+        pattern: '[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)'
+  /snippets/:
+    get:
+      operationId: snippets_list
+      description: SnippetList classdoc
+      parameters: []
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            type: array
+            items:
+              $ref: '#/definitions/Snippet'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - snippets
+    post:
+      operationId: snippets_create
+      description: post method docstring
+      parameters:
+        - name: data
+          in: body
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Snippet'
+      responses:
+        '201':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Snippet'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - snippets
+    parameters: []
+  /snippets/{id}/:
+    get:
+      operationId: snippets_read
+      description: SnippetDetail classdoc
+      parameters: []
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Snippet'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - snippets
+    put:
+      operationId: snippets_update
+      description: put class docstring
+      parameters:
+        - name: data
+          in: body
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Snippet'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Snippet'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - snippets
+    delete:
+      operationId: snippets_delete
+      description: delete method docstring
+      parameters: []
+      responses:
+        '204':
+          description: ''
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - snippets
+    patch:
+      operationId: snippets_partial_update
+      description: patch method docstring
+      parameters:
+        - name: data
+          in: body
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Snippet'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/Snippet'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - snippets
+    parameters:
+      - name: id
+        in: path
+        description: A unique integer value identifying this snippet.
+        required: true
+        type: integer
+  /users/:
+    get:
+      operationId: users_list
+      description: UserList cbv classdoc
+      parameters: []
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            type: array
+            items:
+              $ref: '#/definitions/User'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - users
+    post:
+      operationId: users_create
+      description: apiview post description override
+      parameters:
+        - name: data
+          in: body
+          required: true
+          schema: &id001
+            required:
+              - username
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              username:
+                type: string
+      responses:
+        '201':
+          description: ''
+          schema: *id001
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - users
+    patch:
+      operationId: users_partial_update
+      description: dummy operation
+      parameters: []
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - users
+    parameters: []
+  /users/{id}/:
+    get:
+      operationId: users_read
+      description: user_detail fbv docstring
+      parameters:
+        - name: test
+          in: query
+          description: test manual param
+          type: boolean
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: response description
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/User'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - users
+    put:
+      operationId: users_update
+      description: user_detail fbv docstring
+      parameters:
+        - name: data
+          in: body
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/User'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: ''
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/User'
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      tags:
+        - users
+    parameters:
+      - name: id
+        in: path
+        required: true
+        type: string
+definitions:
+  Article:
+    required:
+      - title
+      - body
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      title:
+        description: title model help_text
+        type: string
+      body:
+        description: body serializer help_text
+        type: string
+      slug:
+        description: slug model help_text
+        type: string
+        format: slug
+      date_created:
+        type: string
+        format: date-time
+        readOnly: true
+      date_modified:
+        type: string
+        format: date-time
+        readOnly: true
+  Project:
+    required:
+      - project_name
+      - github_repo
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      project_name:
+        description: Name of the project
+        type: string
+      github_repo:
+        description: Github repository of the project
+        type: string
+  Snippet:
+    required:
+      - code
+      - language
+      - example_projects
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      id:
+        description: id serializer help text
+        type: integer
+        readOnly: true
+      owner:
+        type: string
+        readOnly: true
+      title:
+        type: string
+      code:
+        type: string
+      linenos:
+        type: boolean
+      language:
+        description: Sample help text for language
+        type: object
+        properties:
+          name:
+            description: The name of the programming language
+            type: string
+            enum:
+              - abap
+              - abnf
+              - ada
+              - adl
+              - agda
+              - aheui
+              - ahk
+              - alloy
+              - ampl
+              - antlr
+              - antlr-as
+              - antlr-cpp
+              - antlr-csharp
+              - antlr-java
+              - antlr-objc
+              - antlr-perl
+              - antlr-python
+              - antlr-ruby
+              - apacheconf
+              - apl
+              - applescript
+              - arduino
+              - as
+              - as3
+              - aspectj
+              - aspx-cs
+              - aspx-vb
+              - asy
+              - at
+              - autoit
+              - awk
+              - basemake
+              - bash
+              - bat
+              - bbcode
+              - bc
+              - befunge
+              - bib
+              - blitzbasic
+              - blitzmax
+              - bnf
+              - boo
+              - boogie
+              - brainfuck
+              - bro
+              - bst
+              - bugs
+              - c
+              - c-objdump
+              - ca65
+              - cadl
+              - camkes
+              - capdl
+              - capnp
+              - cbmbas
+              - ceylon
+              - cfc
+              - cfengine3
+              - cfm
+              - cfs
+              - chai
+              - chapel
+              - cheetah
+              - cirru
+              - clay
+              - clean
+              - clojure
+              - clojurescript
+              - cmake
+              - cobol
+              - cobolfree
+              - coffee-script
+              - common-lisp
+              - componentpascal
+              - console
+              - control
+              - coq
+              - cpp
+              - cpp-objdump
+              - cpsa
+              - cr
+              - crmsh
+              - croc
+              - cryptol
+              - csharp
+              - csound
+              - csound-document
+              - csound-score
+              - css
+              - css+django
+              - css+erb
+              - css+genshitext
+              - css+lasso
+              - css+mako
+              - css+mozpreproc
+              - css+myghty
+              - css+php
+              - css+smarty
+              - cucumber
+              - cuda
+              - cypher
+              - cython
+              - d
+              - d-objdump
+              - dart
+              - delphi
+              - dg
+              - diff
+              - django
+              - docker
+              - doscon
+              - dpatch
+              - dtd
+              - duel
+              - dylan
+              - dylan-console
+              - dylan-lid
+              - earl-grey
+              - easytrieve
+              - ebnf
+              - ec
+              - ecl
+              - eiffel
+              - elixir
+              - elm
+              - emacs
+              - erb
+              - erl
+              - erlang
+              - evoque
+              - extempore
+              - ezhil
+              - factor
+              - fan
+              - fancy
+              - felix
+              - fish
+              - flatline
+              - forth
+              - fortran
+              - fortranfixed
+              - foxpro
+              - fsharp
+              - gap
+              - gas
+              - genshi
+              - genshitext
+              - glsl
+              - gnuplot
+              - go
+              - golo
+              - gooddata-cl
+              - gosu
+              - groff
+              - groovy
+              - gst
+              - haml
+              - handlebars
+              - haskell
+              - haxeml
+              - hexdump
+              - hsail
+              - html
+              - html+cheetah
+              - html+django
+              - html+evoque
+              - html+genshi
+              - html+handlebars
+              - html+lasso
+              - html+mako
+              - html+myghty
+              - html+ng2
+              - html+php
+              - html+smarty
+              - html+twig
+              - html+velocity
+              - http
+              - hx
+              - hybris
+              - hylang
+              - i6t
+              - idl
+              - idris
+              - iex
+              - igor
+              - inform6
+              - inform7
+              - ini
+              - io
+              - ioke
+              - irc
+              - isabelle
+              - j
+              - jags
+              - jasmin
+              - java
+              - javascript+mozpreproc
+              - jcl
+              - jlcon
+              - js
+              - js+cheetah
+              - js+django
+              - js+erb
+              - js+genshitext
+              - js+lasso
+              - js+mako
+              - js+myghty
+              - js+php
+              - js+smarty
+              - jsgf
+              - json
+              - json-object
+              - jsonld
+              - jsp
+              - julia
+              - juttle
+              - kal
+              - kconfig
+              - koka
+              - kotlin
+              - lagda
+              - lasso
+              - lcry
+              - lean
+              - less
+              - lhs
+              - lidr
+              - lighty
+              - limbo
+              - liquid
+              - live-script
+              - llvm
+              - logos
+              - logtalk
+              - lsl
+              - lua
+              - make
+              - mako
+              - maql
+              - mask
+              - mason
+              - mathematica
+              - matlab
+              - matlabsession
+              - md
+              - minid
+              - modelica
+              - modula2
+              - monkey
+              - monte
+              - moocode
+              - moon
+              - mozhashpreproc
+              - mozpercentpreproc
+              - mql
+              - mscgen
+              - mupad
+              - mxml
+              - myghty
+              - mysql
+              - nasm
+              - ncl
+              - nemerle
+              - nesc
+              - newlisp
+              - newspeak
+              - ng2
+              - nginx
+              - nim
+              - nit
+              - nixos
+              - nsis
+              - numpy
+              - nusmv
+              - objdump
+              - objdump-nasm
+              - objective-c
+              - objective-c++
+              - objective-j
+              - ocaml
+              - octave
+              - odin
+              - ooc
+              - opa
+              - openedge
+              - pacmanconf
+              - pan
+              - parasail
+              - pawn
+              - perl
+              - perl6
+              - php
+              - pig
+              - pike
+              - pkgconfig
+              - plpgsql
+              - postgresql
+              - postscript
+              - pot
+              - pov
+              - powershell
+              - praat
+              - prolog
+              - properties
+              - protobuf
+              - ps1con
+              - psql
+              - pug
+              - puppet
+              - py3tb
+              - pycon
+              - pypylog
+              - pytb
+              - python
+              - python3
+              - qbasic
+              - qml
+              - qvto
+              - racket
+              - ragel
+              - ragel-c
+              - ragel-cpp
+              - ragel-d
+              - ragel-em
+              - ragel-java
+              - ragel-objc
+              - ragel-ruby
+              - raw
+              - rb
+              - rbcon
+              - rconsole
+              - rd
+              - rebol
+              - red
+              - redcode
+              - registry
+              - resource
+              - rexx
+              - rhtml
+              - rnc
+              - roboconf-graph
+              - roboconf-instances
+              - robotframework
+              - rql
+              - rsl
+              - rst
+              - rts
+              - rust
+              - sas
+              - sass
+              - sc
+              - scala
+              - scaml
+              - scheme
+              - scilab
+              - scss
+              - shen
+              - silver
+              - slim
+              - smali
+              - smalltalk
+              - smarty
+              - sml
+              - snobol
+              - snowball
+              - sourceslist
+              - sp
+              - sparql
+              - spec
+              - splus
+              - sql
+              - sqlite3
+              - squidconf
+              - ssp
+              - stan
+              - stata
+              - swift
+              - swig
+              - systemverilog
+              - tads3
+              - tap
+              - tasm
+              - tcl
+              - tcsh
+              - tcshcon
+              - tea
+              - termcap
+              - terminfo
+              - terraform
+              - tex
+              - text
+              - thrift
+              - todotxt
+              - trac-wiki
+              - treetop
+              - ts
+              - tsql
+              - turtle
+              - twig
+              - typoscript
+              - typoscriptcssdata
+              - typoscripthtmldata
+              - urbiscript
+              - vala
+              - vb.net
+              - vcl
+              - vclsnippets
+              - vctreestatus
+              - velocity
+              - verilog
+              - vgl
+              - vhdl
+              - vim
+              - wdiff
+              - whiley
+              - x10
+              - xml
+              - xml+cheetah
+              - xml+django
+              - xml+erb
+              - xml+evoque
+              - xml+lasso
+              - xml+mako
+              - xml+myghty
+              - xml+php
+              - xml+smarty
+              - xml+velocity
+              - xquery
+              - xslt
+              - xtend
+              - xul+mozpreproc
+              - yaml
+              - yaml+jinja
+              - zephir
+      style:
+        type: string
+        enum:
+          - abap
+          - algol
+          - algol_nu
+          - arduino
+          - autumn
+          - borland
+          - bw
+          - colorful
+          - default
+          - emacs
+          - friendly
+          - fruity
+          - igor
+          - lovelace
+          - manni
+          - monokai
+          - murphy
+          - native
+          - paraiso-dark
+          - paraiso-light
+          - pastie
+          - perldoc
+          - rainbow_dash
+          - rrt
+          - tango
+          - trac
+          - vim
+          - vs
+          - xcode
+      lines:
+        type: array
+        items:
+          type: integer
+      example_projects:
+        type: array
+        items:
+          $ref: '#/definitions/Project'
+  User:
+    required:
+      - username
+      - snippets
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      id:
+        type: integer
+        readOnly: true
+      username:
+        description: Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_
+          only.
+        type: string
+      snippets:
+        type: array
+        items:
+          type: string
+        uniqueItems: true
+securityDefinitions:
+  basic:
+    type: basic
diff --git a/tests/test_reference_schema.py b/tests/test_reference_schema.py
index 717d1e9..5ffc982 100644
--- a/tests/test_reference_schema.py
+++ b/tests/test_reference_schema.py
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
+from datadiff.tools import assert_equal
+
+
 def test_reference_schema(swagger_dict, reference_schema):
-    return swagger_dict == reference_schema
+    # formatted better than pytest diff
+    swagger_dict = dict(swagger_dict)
+    reference_schema = dict(reference_schema)
+    ignore = ['info', 'host', 'schemes', 'basePath', 'securityDefinitions']
+    for attr in ignore:
+        swagger_dict.pop(attr, None)
+        reference_schema.pop(attr, None)
+
+    assert_equal(swagger_dict, reference_schema)
diff --git a/tests/test_referenceresolver.py b/tests/test_referenceresolver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b49b431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_referenceresolver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import pytest
+
+from drf_swagger.openapi import ReferenceResolver
+
+
+def test_basic():
+    scopes = ['s1', 's2']
+    rr = ReferenceResolver(*scopes)
+    assert scopes == rr.scopes == list(rr.keys()) == list(rr)
+    rr.set('o1', 1, scope='s1')
+    assert rr.has('o1', scope='s1')
+    assert rr.get('o1', scope='s1') == 1
+
+    rr.setdefault('o1', lambda: 2, scope='s1')
+    assert rr.get('o1', scope='s1') == 1
+    assert not rr.has('o1', scope='s2')
+
+    rr.setdefault('o3', lambda: 3, scope='s2')
+    assert rr.get('o3', scope='s2') == 3
+
+    assert rr['s1'] == {'o1': 1}
+    assert dict(rr) == {'s1': {'o1': 1}, 's2': {'o3': 3}}
+    assert str(rr) == str(dict(rr))
+
+
+def test_scoped():
+    scopes = ['s1', 's2']
+    rr = ReferenceResolver(*scopes)
+    r1 = rr.with_scope('s1')
+    r2 = rr.with_scope('s2')
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        rr.with_scope('bad')
+
+    assert r1.scopes == ['s1']
+    assert list(r1.keys()) == list(r1) == []
+
+    r2.set('o2', 2)
+    assert r2.scopes == ['s2']
+    assert list(r2.keys()) == list(r2) == ['o2']
+    assert r2['o2'] == 2
+
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        r2.get('o2', scope='s1')
+
+    assert rr.get('o2', scope='s2') == 2
diff --git a/tests/test_schema_generator.py b/tests/test_schema_generator.py
index f69b279..915463b 100644
--- a/tests/test_schema_generator.py
+++ b/tests/test_schema_generator.py
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ def test_json_codec_roundtrip(codec_json, generator, validate_schema):
 
 def test_yaml_codec_roundtrip(codec_yaml, generator, validate_schema):
     swagger = generator.get_schema(None, True)
-    json_bytes = codec_yaml.encode(swagger)
-    validate_schema(yaml.safe_load(json_bytes.decode('utf-8')))
+    yaml_bytes = codec_yaml.encode(swagger)
+    assert b'omap' not in yaml_bytes
+    validate_schema(yaml.safe_load(yaml_bytes.decode('utf-8')))
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 13df0a9..5f8a076 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ deps =
 commands=
     flake8 src/drf_swagger testproj tests setup.py
 
+[pytest]
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = testproj.settings
+python_paths = testproj
+
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 120
 exclude = **/migrations/*