I’ve tried something like this, it does not work. class PostSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer): class Meta: model = Post def save(self): user = self.context[‘request.user’] title = self.validated_data[‘title’] article = self.validated_data[‘article’] I need a way of being able to access request.user from my Serializer class. 13 Answers 13
I am using django-rest-framework. It provides an awesome Django admin style browsable self-documenting API. But anyone can visit those pages and use the interface to add data (POST). How can I disable it? 3 Answers 3
I want to serialize a model, but want to include an additional field that requires doing some database lookups on the model instance to be serialized: class FooSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer): my_field = … # result of some database queries on the input Foo object class Meta: model = Foo fields = (‘id’, ‘name’, ‘myfield’) What is the … Read more
I would like to provide two different serializers and yet be able to benefit from all the facilities of ModelViewSet: When viewing a list of objects, I would like each object to have an url which redirects to its details and every other relation appear using __unicode __ of the target model; example: { “url”: … Read more
