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< li > < a href = "#datetimefield" > DateTimeField< / a > < / li >
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< h1 id = "serializer-fields" > Serializer fields< / h1 >
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< p > Flat is better than nested.< / p >
< p > — < a href = "http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/" > The Zen of Python< / a > < / p >
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< p > Serializer fields handle converting between primative values and internal datatypes. They also deal with validating input values, as well as retrieving and setting the values from their parent objects.< / p >
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< p > < strong > Note:< / strong > The serializer fields are declared in fields.py, but by convention you should import them using < code > from rest_framework import serializers< / code > and refer to fields as < code > serializers.< FieldName> < / code > .< / p >
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< h1 id = "generic-fields" > Generic Fields< / h1 >
< h2 id = "field" > Field< / h2 >
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< p > A generic, read-only field. You can use this field for any attribute that does not need to support write operations.< / p >
< h2 id = "writablefield" > WritableField< / h2 >
< p > A field that supports both read and < / p >
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< h2 id = "modelfield" > ModelField< / h2 >
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< p > A generic field that can be tied to any arbitrary model field. The < code > ModelField< / code > class delegates the task of serialization/deserialization to it's associated model field. This field can be used to create serializer fields for custom model fields, without having to create a new custom serializer field.< / p >
< p > < strong > Signature:< / strong > < code > ModelField(model_field=< Django ModelField class> )< / code > < / p >
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< h1 id = "typed-fields" > Typed Fields< / h1 >
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< p > These fields represent basic datatypes, and support both reading and writing values.< / p >
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< h2 id = "booleanfield" > BooleanField< / h2 >
< h2 id = "charfield" > CharField< / h2 >
< h2 id = "emailfield" > EmailField< / h2 >
< h2 id = "datefield" > DateField< / h2 >
< h2 id = "datetimefield" > DateTimeField< / h2 >
< h2 id = "integerfield" > IntegerField< / h2 >
< h2 id = "floatfield" > FloatField< / h2 >
< h1 id = "relational-fields" > Relational Fields< / h1 >
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< p > Relational fields are used to represent model relationships. They can be applied to < code > ForeignKey< / code > , < code > ManyToManyField< / code > and < code > OneToOneField< / code > relationships, as well as to reverse relationships, and custom relationships such as < code > GenericForeignKey< / code > .< / p >
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< h2 id = "primarykeyrelatedfield" > PrimaryKeyRelatedField< / h2 >
< h2 id = "manyprimarykeyrelatedfield" > ManyPrimaryKeyRelatedField< / h2 >
< h2 id = "hyperlinkedrelatedfield" > HyperlinkedRelatedField< / h2 >
< h2 id = "manyhyperlinkedrelatedfield" > ManyHyperlinkedRelatedField< / h2 >
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