From 441cdf80653446254703dc23e831b21036f22b31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Christie Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 11:34:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Note widget attribute on serializer field. Closes #836. --- docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md b/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md index 3382deeac..780ad4b7a 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md +++ b/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md @@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ The first thing we need to get started on our Web API is provide a way of serial The first part of serializer class defines the fields that get serialized/deserialized. The `restore_object` method defines how fully fledged instances get created when deserializing data. +Notice that we can also use various attributes that would typcially be used on form fields, such as `widget=widgets.Testarea`. These can be used to control how the serializer should render when displayed as an HTML form. + We can actually also save ourselves some time by using the `ModelSerializer` class, as we'll see later, but for now we'll keep our serializer definition explicit. ## Working with Serializers